"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 19
Page 53
... songs are melancholy , the words evoke the hope of the survivors in seeing their loved ones again in heaven . The function of music at homegoings prevents survivors from feeling alienated in their grief by creating a ... song most often 53.
... songs are melancholy , the words evoke the hope of the survivors in seeing their loved ones again in heaven . The function of music at homegoings prevents survivors from feeling alienated in their grief by creating a ... song most often 53.
Page 70
... song I began to cry . My grandmother signaled for me to end the song and sit down . I could hear the wails and see other expressions of grief displayed by family members as this ten - year old stood before them singing a " down home ...
... song I began to cry . My grandmother signaled for me to end the song and sit down . I could hear the wails and see other expressions of grief displayed by family members as this ten - year old stood before them singing a " down home ...
Page 100
... song makes one hundred the desired the goal for Heaven , not 99 and a half . In spite of Mother Evans ' sicknesses and disappointments she decided to follow Jesus and instilled that belief in her family . Another song " I'll Be Resting ...
... song makes one hundred the desired the goal for Heaven , not 99 and a half . In spite of Mother Evans ' sicknesses and disappointments she decided to follow Jesus and instilled that belief in her family . Another song " I'll Be Resting ...
Common terms and phrases
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