"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 43
... family came together to support each other . " 110 An extended network provided emotional , financial and spiritual ... presence of family and friends at homegoing services also created the space for reuniting the family . It was this ...
... family came together to support each other . " 110 An extended network provided emotional , financial and spiritual ... presence of family and friends at homegoing services also created the space for reuniting the family . It was this ...
Page 61
... family attachments reflected in the tributes made by family members at the services . These case studies will ... presence of family and friends provides the nurturing strength to the immediate family by letting them know that they are ...
... family attachments reflected in the tributes made by family members at the services . These case studies will ... presence of family and friends provides the nurturing strength to the immediate family by letting them know that they are ...
Page 81
... presence of family and friends really provide strength for immediate family members when they've suffered a loss . The fact that people from across the world and country came together to celebrate Ronald Brown's life was evident by the ...
... presence of family and friends really provide strength for immediate family members when they've suffered a loss . The fact that people from across the world and country came together to celebrate Ronald Brown's life was evident by the ...
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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