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The Making of Bamana Sculpture describes both the techniques and the rituals used by Bamana blacksmiths in Mali, West Africa, when they carve sacred sculpture. Chronicling the process of decision-making that results in a commission, it provides a detailed account of the carving process and also analyses the meaning of this process. Sarah Brett-Smith demonstrates that Bamana sculptors compare the process of producing a ritual object both to sexual intercourse and to childbirth. Her study details how Bamana sculptors become 'great' artists, how this process requires a shift from a 'male' to a 'female' gender identity, and why the Bamana believe that the ambitious artist must make tragic sacrifices to win renown.

Bambara (African people) --- Sculpture --- Sculpture, Bambara --- Wood-carving --- Bambara (Peuple d'Afrique) --- Sculpture Bambara --- Sculpture sur bois --- Religion --- Social life and customs --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Sculptors --- Sculpture, Bambara. --- Wood sculpture, Bambara. --- Religion. --- Social life and customs. --- Biography --- History and criticism.

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In an ageing population, geriatric medicine has become central to general practice, and to emergency and general internal medicine in the hospital setting. Diseases are more common in the older person, and can be particularly difficult to assess and to treat effectively in a field that has limited evidence, yet makes up a substantial proportion of the work of most clinicians. Fully updated, this second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine includes all the information required to deliver effective geriatric care. Guidance is given on a range of key treatment areas, indicating where practice differs from that of younger adults or is ill informed by evidence, where dangers lurk for the inexperienced clinician, and on the many ethical and clinical dilemmas common in geriatric practice. This accessible handbook is essential reading for all junior doctors and specialist trainees in geriatric medicine and general internal medicine, and for all medical and nursing staff who manage older people.

Geriatrics. --- Gerontology --- Geriatrie --- Geneesmiddelen --- Geriatrics --- Geneesmiddel

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Water-Economic aspects. --- Water-Social aspects. --- Water-Symbolic aspects.

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