Passed on: African American Mourning Stories

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"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.

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

Places: États-Unis