"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... perform two kinds of functions for the survivors . First , the words of many songs seem particularly appropriate after a death has occurred , either because they recall the lost relationship or because they speak of the happiness and ...
... perform two kinds of functions for the survivors . First , the words of many songs seem particularly appropriate after a death has occurred , either because they recall the lost relationship or because they speak of the happiness and ...
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... performed by the second liners . According to Bacon , " the second liners [ are ] people who follow the jazz bands and dance in the streets when the bands break into fast music after leaving the cemetery . " 155 It is the second liners ...
... performed by the second liners . According to Bacon , " the second liners [ are ] people who follow the jazz bands and dance in the streets when the bands break into fast music after leaving the cemetery . " 155 It is the second liners ...
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... perform tasks that make a delicate situation go smoothly . Given the strains involved with dealing with death , the presence of family and friends provides the nurturing strength to the immediate family by letting them know that they ...
... perform tasks that make a delicate situation go smoothly . Given the strains involved with dealing with death , the presence of family and friends provides the nurturing strength to the immediate family by letting them know that they ...
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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