"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... release grief . African Americans incorporate the burial practices and religious belief of West Africans and Europeans in wearing traditional attire at their homegoing celebrations . Having experienced forced separation from their kin ...
... release grief . African Americans incorporate the burial practices and religious belief of West Africans and Europeans in wearing traditional attire at their homegoing celebrations . Having experienced forced separation from their kin ...
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... release that is characteristic of African American Baptist or Pentecostal worship services . Gospel music , often defined as a sermon in song , 140 is a major instrument used to help people release their grief . As such , it can evoke a ...
... release that is characteristic of African American Baptist or Pentecostal worship services . Gospel music , often defined as a sermon in song , 140 is a major instrument used to help people release their grief . As such , it can evoke a ...
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... release of emotions . This understanding is highlighted in African American homegoings services in which gospel songs such as " Take My Hand , Precious Lord " and " I Shall Wear a Crown " resonate at African American celebrations giving ...
... release of emotions . This understanding is highlighted in African American homegoings services in which gospel songs such as " Take My Hand , Precious Lord " and " I Shall Wear a Crown " resonate at African American celebrations giving ...
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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