Passed on: African American Mourning Stories

By Karla FC Holloway

Subjects: 393/.089/96073, Gt3203 .h65 2002, Death, African americans, biography, African Americans, 20e siècle, Afro-américain, Pompes funèbres, Funeral customs and rites, Death, social aspects, African americans--funeral customs and rites, Coutume funéraire, African continental ancestry group, African americans, social life and customs, African americans--death, Mort, Funeral rites and ceremonies

Description: "Passed On is a portrait of death and dying in twentieth-century African America. Through poignant reflection and thorough investigation of the myths, rituals, economics, and politics of African American mourning and burial practices, Karla FC Holloway finds that ways of dying are just as much a part of black identity as ways of living. Gracefully interweaving interviews, archival research, and analyses of literature, film, and music, Holloway shows how the vulnerability of African Americans to untimely death is inextricably linked to how black culture represents itself and is represented."--BOOK JACKET.