Passed on: African American Mourning Stories

By Karla FC Holloway

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

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.