The history of Irish Travellers is not analogous to that of the 'tinker', a Europe-wide underworld fantasy created by sixteenth-century British and continental Rogue Literature that came to be seen as an Irish character alone as English became dominant in Ireland. By the Revival, the tinker represented bohemian, pre-Celtic aboriginality, functioning as the cultural nationalist counter to the Victorian Gypsy mania. Long misunderstood as a portrayal of actual Travellers, J.M. Synge's influential The Tinker's Wedding was pivotal to this 'Irishing' of the tinker, even as it acknowledged that figure's cosmopolitan textual roots. Synge's empathetic depiction is closely examined, as are the many subsequent representations that looked to him as a model to subvert or emulate. In contrast to their Revival-era romanticization, post-independence writing portrayed tinkers as alien interlopers, while contemporaneous Unionists labeled them a contaminant from the hostile South. However, after Travellers politicized in the 1960s, more even-handed depictions heralded a querying of the 'tinker' fantasy that has shaped contemporary screen and literary representations of Travellers and has prompted Traveller writers to transubstantiate Otherness into the empowering rhetoric of ethnic difference. Though its Irish equivalent has oscillated between idealization and demonization, US racial history facilitates the cinematic figuring of the Irish-American Traveler as lovable 'white trash' rogue. This process is informed by the mythology of a population with whom Travelers are allied in the white American imagination, the Scots-Irish (Ulster-Scots). In short, the 'tinker' is much more central to Irish, Northern Irish and even Irish-American identity than is currently recognised.

'Tinkers': Synge and the Cultural History of the Irish Traveller

Literature & Fiction

Burke, Mary

Dramas & Plays

Oxford University Press

Noodle the Poodle

Children's Books

Animals

MindStir Media

Noodle is feeling insecure about his curly hair and thinks it should look like everyone else's. After various clever and funny attempts to straighten his hair, his friends remind him of how it is good to be different.

People who have a mild or moderate disability - whether physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional, or social in nature - can and should receive dental care in mainstream clinics and private practices. In most cases, however, the average clinician has no training or experience in treating this population of patients. This book examines the principles governing special care dentistry and provides knowledge, information, and practical advice for the entire dental team to facilitate its delivery.
 Contents 1. Understanding Special Care Dentistry (J Fiske) 2. Managing the oral health of the patient with a physical disability (C Dickinson) 3. Sensory disability (J Fiske) 4. Managing the patient with a learning disability (J Fiske) 5. Managing the patient with mental illness (J Fiske) 6. Managing patients who require antibiotic cover (C Boyle) 7. Managing the immunocompromised patient (C Dickinson) 8. Managing the patient having radiotherapy (M Burke) 9. Managing patients with bleeding disorders (S Rafique) 10. Managing pronounced gag reflexes (C Dickinson) 11. Patient management through non-invasive treatment (S Rafique) 12. Sedation and general anaesthesia in Special Care Dentistry (C Boyle)

Special Care Dentistry (Quintessentials of Dental Practice)

Medical Books

Dickinson, Chris

Fiske, Janice

Boyle, Carole

Rafique, Sobia

Dentistry

Quintessence Pub. Co

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