"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 64
... represented the respect her family had towards her Christian life . The only women in the immediate family who wore white was one daughter , three granddaughters and her niece . The fact that these women were following in the footsteps ...
... represented the respect her family had towards her Christian life . The only women in the immediate family who wore white was one daughter , three granddaughters and her niece . The fact that these women were following in the footsteps ...
Page 69
... represented the first ritualistic aspect of Sis Fannie's funeral . Acknowledgment of condolences by a church deacon followed , and then a solo was sung . My family , part of the Southern working class , maintained the traditions of ...
... represented the first ritualistic aspect of Sis Fannie's funeral . Acknowledgment of condolences by a church deacon followed , and then a solo was sung . My family , part of the Southern working class , maintained the traditions of ...
Page 76
... represented the element that most permitted the release of grief . At Annie Mae's homegoing , the eulogy , as in the other cases , provided comfort for the family and challenged the survivors to emulate their mother's faith . The ...
... represented the element that most permitted the release of grief . At Annie Mae's homegoing , the eulogy , as in the other cases , provided comfort for the family and challenged the survivors to emulate their mother's faith . 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