Mid Term Exam

Tuchman says “Ignorance of the causes augmented the sense of horror.”

Death would appear to have somewhat different social meanings for African Americans than for Whites. In this regard, Masamba and Kalish (1976) articulated several major themes manifested in Black spirituals and blues music that serve to “describe the emotional and religious contents of their relationships with life and death” (pp. 24-25). These themes include death as a symbol for liberation. Historically, for Blacks, death was an underground symbol for the immediate release from the burdens of life (and slavery) and freedom to return to the “Kingdom of God.” Death ...