Personal reflections of funeral rituals and spirituality in a Kentucky African American family

Death Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 957-969

  Collins, Wanda Lott ^a   Doolittle, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; DYING; ETHNOLOGY; GRIEF; HUMAN; MOURNING; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FUNERAL RITES; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 33749239971     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180600925450     Document Type: Article

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