"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... survivors to continue on . This service is religious in orientation , social in purpose and cultural in continued and renewed customs and traditions . It embodies a spirit of love , unity and hope for the deceased and his / her survivors ...
... survivors to continue on . This service is religious in orientation , social in purpose and cultural in continued and renewed customs and traditions . It embodies a spirit of love , unity and hope for the deceased and his / her survivors ...
Page 53
... 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 positive release of emotions . This understanding is highlighted in ...
... 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 positive release of emotions . This understanding is highlighted in ...
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... survivors in their grief as well . This service is religious in orientation , social in purpose and cultural in continual customs and traditions . The homegoing celebration embodies a spirit of love , unity and hope for the deceased and ...
... survivors in their grief as well . This service is religious in orientation , social in purpose and cultural in continual customs and traditions . The homegoing celebration embodies a spirit of love , unity and hope for the deceased and ...
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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