"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 35
... later in the rest of Europe and the United States from the late 1700s to the late 1800s . " 90 For African Americans , favorite items of the deceased were made into a kaleidoscopic collage that was placed around a jug as a permanent ...
... later in the rest of Europe and the United States from the late 1700s to the late 1800s . " 90 For African Americans , favorite items of the deceased were made into a kaleidoscopic collage that was placed around a jug as a permanent ...
Page 44
... later , shrieking magnificent soprano notes two octaves higher than Clara's . " This example demonstrates a cultural continuity of showmanship accepted within the African American tradition of homegoing services . Although the main ...
... later , shrieking magnificent soprano notes two octaves higher than Clara's . " This example demonstrates a cultural continuity of showmanship accepted within the African American tradition of homegoing services . Although the main ...
Page 73
... later . Her eulogy was the transformative element that elevated the service from a sad occasion to one of celebrating a life lived . It was the energy and deliverance of this message by the Black preacher that characterized rituals and ...
... later . Her eulogy was the transformative element that elevated the service from a sad occasion to one of celebrating a life lived . It was the energy and deliverance of this message by the Black preacher that characterized rituals and ...
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According African American funeral African American homegoing African and African African worldview theology American homegoing celebrations American homegoing services American homegoing traditions Annie Mae Johnson Anthony Heilbut attire belief system bereavement Biblical Black Church Black preacher Brown County burial casket ceremony Charles Durant Christian African Americans Coevolution Quarterly color continuity of African Cornel West Crissman cultural continuity cultural practices deceased demonstrative expression display dress Elaine Nichols emotions enslaved Africans Eric Lincoln eulogy Euro-American European family and friends family members Felder final funeral home Funeral Traditions Gospel music grandmother grandmother's hair wreaths Heaven honor Jindra John Mbiti living loved Masamba and Kalish Mbiti writes Mother Evans mourners mourning Orleans Jazz Funerals performative elements Precious Lord presence of family processional religion represented ritual Ron Brown singing Sis Fannie Sis Fannie's slavery song South Carolina spiritual spoken word survivors Sybil Kein Take My Hand wake Washington West African wore Yoruba