Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:39000005863431
Irish Tinkers
Anonim
The Irish Tinkers
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'Tinkers'
Mary Burke
Author : Mary Burke
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780199566464
'Tinkers' by Mary Burke Pdf
Irish playwright J.M. Synge created influential but misunderstood representations of travellers or 'tinkers'. This work traces the history of the 'tinker' back to medieval Irish historiography and English Renaissance literature and forward to contemporary US screen depictions.
Tinkers and Travellers
Sharon Gmelch
Author : Sharon Gmelch
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773592902
Tinkers and Travellers by Sharon Gmelch Pdf
The 'tinkers' in Irish Literature
José Lanters
Author : José Lanters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0716529602
The 'tinkers' in Irish Literature by José Lanters Pdf
This study traces how the Otherness of the Irish travelling people has been constructed in Irish literature since the early 19th century, by considering the fictional 'tinker' figure from a historical as well as a thematic perspective.
Nan
Sharon Bohn Gmelch
Author : Sharon Bohn Gmelch
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1991-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478608820
Nan by Sharon Bohn Gmelch Pdf
Margaret Mead Award finalist! Nan Donohoe was an Irish Travelling woman, one of Ireland’s indigenous gypsies or “tinkers.” Traditionally, they traveled the countryside making and repairing tinware, sweeping chimneys, selling small household wares, and doing odd-job work. Over time, they came to live on the roadside in trailers and in government-built camps. Told largely in her own voice, Nan’s saga begins in 1919 with her birth in a tent in the Irish Midlands; it follows her life in Ireland and England, in countryside and city slums, through adversity and adventure. Gmelch brings to her task not only the resources of anthropology, but the skill of a sensitive writer and a warmth that allows her to see Nan as a person, not a subject. What emerges is a human story, filled with cruelty and compassion, sorrow and humor, bad luck and good.
Irish Travellers
Sharon Bohn Gmelch,George Gmelch
Author : Sharon Bohn Gmelch,George Gmelch
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253014610
Irish Travellers by Sharon Bohn Gmelch,George Gmelch Pdf
Anthropologists George and Sharon Gmelch have been studying the quasi-nomadic people known as Travellers since their fieldwork in the early 1970s, when they lived among Travellers and went on the road in their own horse-drawn wagon. In 2011 they returned to seek out families they had known decades before—shadowed by a film crew and taking with them hundreds of old photographs showing the Travellers' former way of life. Many of these images are included in this book, alongside more recent photos and compelling personal narratives that reveal how Traveller lives have changed now that they have left nomadism behind.
The Irish Tinkers
George Gmelch
Author : George Gmelch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Irish Travellers
ISBN : UCAL:B4393256
The Irish Tinkers by George Gmelch Pdf
'Tinkers'
Mary Burke
Author : Mary Burke
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191570612
'Tinkers' by Mary Burke Pdf
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 labelled 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.
Irish Travellers
Jane Leslie Helleiner
Author : Jane Leslie Helleiner
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0802086284
Irish Travellers by Jane Leslie Helleiner Pdf
Helleiner's study documents anti-Traveller racism in Ireland and explores the ongoing realities of Traveller life as well as the production and reproduction of contemporary Traveller collective identity and culture.
People of the Road
Mathias Oppersdorff
Author : Mathias Oppersdorff
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1997-11-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0815604769
People of the Road by Mathias Oppersdorff Pdf
Living along country lanes in tents and barrel-top wagons, Travellers have for centuries been a people apart from Irish society. Photographer Mathias Oppersdorff first encountered them twenty-eight years ago in County Kerry at Puck Fair. His photographs—often stark and disturbing, yet always humane—offer a profound look at people at the crossroads of their existence. Although the Travellers themselves now concede that education and settling down are important factors for a good future, the pull of tradition is strong; many Travellers miss the open road and are ill at ease leaving a life that, for centuries, has been uniquely theirs. Oppersdorff's photographs take us through some of the most turbulent times for the Travellers. Although in years past they were defined by their nomadism, more recently many have chosen to live in housing projects and trailer parks, partially due to government-sponsored subsidies. As a result, traditional roadside tent-camps are a thing of the past. The photographer states that the themes revolving around the human condition are his forte. When some of his earlier photographs of the Travellers first appeared in a one-man show in New York City, A. D. Coleman wrote in The New York Times, "[Oppersdorff] is an honest and gutty photographer with much to say."
The Killing of the Tinkers
Ken Bruen
Author : Ken Bruen
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429902342
The Killing of the Tinkers by Ken Bruen Pdf
Journey back to the rain-soaked streets of Galway, Ireland, as we rejoin our profoundly flawed yet deeply relatable protagonist, Jack Taylor. Taylor, an acclaimed private investigator, is back in town with dreams of a sober life already fading in the rearview mirror. Despite fresh promises, he soon succumbs to the lure of old habits–an affinity for alcohol and illicit substances pulling him back into a foggy haze. The real world, with its stark reality and desolate truths, is something he would rather escape. This captivating tale of self-destruction and unflinching realism strikes a resonant chord that echoes the somber notes of noir fiction. Just when you think Jack's downward spiral is irreversible, a chance encounter propels him back into the fray. Tasked with a seemingly insurmountable quest, Jack comes face-to-face with a mirror of his own life, filled with grief, determination, and inescapable rage. A thrilling journey of suspense and intrigue, The Killing of the Tinkers will leave readers awash in the thrill of crime fiction, making them question the fine line between good and bad in a world devoid of sense.
Death of an Irish Tinker
Bartholomew Gill
Author : Bartholomew Gill
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061853265
Death of an Irish Tinker by Bartholomew Gill Pdf
A body is found shackled to the upper branches of the tallest tree in Ireland. The victim is a "Tinker," one of the mysterious class of itinerant travelers who have roamed Ireland for generations. The murder bears all the signs of being the work of Desmond Bacon, "the Toddler," brutal king of Ireland's heroin trade. But who was the deceased and why was he killed? The answer lies with a Tinker woman named Biddy Nevins, who may be the only person able to put Bacon away--that is, if Peter McGarr and his crew can get to her before the Toddler does.
Tinkers
Paul Harding
Author : Paul Harding
Publisher : Bellevue Literary Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781942658610
Tinkers by Paul Harding Pdf
Special edition of Paul Harding’s Pulitzer Prize–winning debut novel—featuring a new foreword by Marilynne Robinson and book club extras inside In this deluxe tenth anniversary edition, Marilynne Robinson introduces the beautiful novel Tinkers, which begins with an old man who lies dying. As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past, where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature. The story behind this New York Times bestselling debut novel—the first independently published Pulitzer Prize winner since A Confederacy of Dunces received the award nearly thirty years before—is as extraordinary as the elegant prose within it. Inspired by his family’s history, Paul Harding began writing Tinkers when his rock band broke up. Following numerous rejections from large publishers, Harding was about to shelve the manuscript when Bellevue Literary Press offered a contract. After being accepted by BLP, but before it was even published, the novel developed a following among independent booksellers from coast to coast. Readers and critics soon fell in love, and it went on to receive the Pulitzer Prize, prompting the New York Times to declare the novel’s remarkable success “the most dramatic literary Cinderella story of recent memory.” That story is still being written as readers across the country continue to discover this modern classic, which has now sold over half a million copies, proving once again that great literature has a thriving and passionate audience. Paul Harding is the author of two novels about multiple generations of a New England family: Enon and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Tinkers. He teaches at Stony Brook Southampton.
Nomads Under the Westway
Christopher Griffin
Author : Christopher Griffin
Publisher : Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1902806549
Nomads Under the Westway by Christopher Griffin Pdf
Chris Griffin offers an account of the communities of Irish travellers, Romani gypsies, and other nomads who live and work beneath London's Westway.
Southern Cultures: The Irish Issue
Harry L. Watson,Jocelyn Neal
Author : Harry L. Watson,Jocelyn Neal
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807868393
Southern Cultures: The Irish Issue by Harry L. Watson,Jocelyn Neal Pdf
In the Spring 2011 issue of Southern Cultures -- The Irish Issue -- Front Porch by Harry L. Watson "The authors in this special issue on Ireland and the South argue that the Irish left an outsized imprint on the cultures of the American South and forged a persistent affinity between Ireland and the South." "A lengthening chain in the shape of memories" The Irish and Southern Culture by William R. Ferris "Irish rockers U2 are committed fans of B.B. King and wrote the song 'When Love Comes to Town' at his request. The song introduced King to important new rock audiences." Tara, the O'Haras, and the Irish Gone With the Wind by Geraldine Higgins "Into the debate about place, race, and the second-best-selling book of all time, we can also bring Irishness." Another "Lost Cause" The Irish in the South Remember the Confederacy by David Gleeson "As there had been only two prominent Irish generals, and only one, Cleburne, had had a very distinguished record, the story of the common soldier was the story of the Irish Confederate." Blacks and Irish on the Riverine Frontiers The Roots of American Popular Music by Christopher J. Smith "One of the realities of American life is that certain features of African American performance style will remain strange and alluring to those outside the culture. Not least among such features is the making of hard social commentary on recurring problems of life, often through cutting and breaking techniques-contentious interactions continually calling for a change of direction." Smoke 'n' Guns A Preface to a Poem about Marginal Souths, and then the Poem by Conor O'Callaghan "Addressing a jubilant crowd in Belfast shortly after the declaration of the original ceasefire in 1993, Gerry Adams reminded his audience that 'they haven't gone away, you know.' He meant that even as 'the cause' was dwindling, its upholders-'the boys'-were still among us. He might just as easily have been talking about the Klan."
