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Male-Female polarity and Latino Family dynamics in Awarded Books by Authors of Latino Origin from United States after 2000
Polák, Lukáš ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Chalupský, Petr (referee)
This Master thesis focuses on the dynamic of the development and rethinking of the concept of the traditional Latino patriarchal family built up around male dominance. This work explores the changes of the traditional concept under the pressure of society of the United States in novels written in English by authors of Latino origin awarded for their novels after 2000. The most significant of them being Junot Díaz and his The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao; the other two are Mexican Female authors Stella Pope Duarte with If I Die in Juárez and Reyna Grande with Across a Hundred Mountains. The first part is purely theoretical, stemming from the concepts of traditional Latino masculinity, the role of the female and children in the patriarchal family in order to explain the clash of values and family crises which Latinos undergo once they are confronted with the different system of values of the United States and the consequences for all family members. In the second part, all three books are analyzed on the basis of the male - female polarity. Consequences for families are explored as seen by Latino/a authors. Finally, solutions and possible ways of escaping the vicious spiral of violence and tensions created by the changed paradigm penetrating the Latino family life as suggested in the novels are...
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Emerson's influence on women in works of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Teršová, Tereza ; Robbins, David Lee (advisor) ; Veselá, Pavla (referee)
Due to its emphasis on the concepts of self-reliance, inner guidance and the aboriginal Self, Ralph Waldo Emerson's philosophy elaborates theses that favor the individual over community, such as the superiority and sanctity of self-definition, as opposed to definitions constructed by society and imposed on the individual. It is possible, then, to perceive his philosophy as important for the formation of the Women's Rights Movement and for the emerging feminism. In his four romances, Nathaniel Hawthorne creates female protagonists who advocate for women's right to self-reliance as Emerson describes it. Hawthorne's heroines can be understood and interpreted as contemplating the Emersonian principles, thus illustrating the connection between Emerson's philosophy, and themes and motifs present in Hawthorne's romances. Related to Hawthorne's portrayal of the heroines' reflections on the concepts of inner guidance, the aboriginal Self, moral dereliction and self-reliance is Hawthorne's attitude toward the relationship between "womanhood" and "femininity" on one side, and "manhood" and "masculinity" on the other side. The ambivalence of woman, as depicted by Hawthorne, consists in the discrepancy between attributes traditionally associated with "femininity", such as devotion, affection and humility, and the will...
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The comparison of ČT1 and TV Nova evening newscasts from a gender perspective.
Hlavoňová, Kateřina ; Pavlík, Petr (advisor) ; Sloboda, Zdeněk (referee)
The comparison of ČT1 and TV Nova evening newscasts from a gender perspective Study is focused on the comparison of ČT1 (Události) and TV Nova (Televizní noviny) evening newscasts from a gender perspective. In my diploma thesis I follow some feminist studies that were done mainly in the anglo-american context - I try to verify if western theories about androcentrism in television newscast are valid in the czech context. My study is primarily based on the quantitative content analysis of the news - I am interested in aspects like gender inequality, representations of men and women (alternatively of transgender people), gender roles, gender stereotypes (reproduction or subversion) and reflection of the feminist thought by these media. The main aim of reasearch is to compare evening newscasts of leading czech public television (ČT1) and leading czech commercial television (TV Nova) - I try to find out if the commitment of public service has an influence on the gender aspects of these newscasts.
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Albina Honzakova- Portrait of feminist women
Sládková, Jana ; Hlavačka, Milan (advisor) ; Pokorná, Magdaléna (referee)
Annotation: The work focuses on the history of women in the 19th and 20 century. Based on a unique source, Albin Honzáková memory and preserved records, such as extensive correspondence and publications. The thesis describes the history of girls' education and related associations, but associations that participated in the gradual emancipation of the public. Keywords: Memoirs, everyday reality, 19th and 20th century, womens, feminism, education, clubs
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Arabian Gulf Women's Novel in the Context of Culture and Society
Štorková, Kristýna ; Ondráš, František (advisor) ; Oliverius, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis introduces the problems facing Arab novels written by women from the Arabian Peninsula, taking into account the socio-cultural aspects of the region. The thesis closely reads and analyzes selected novels by writers from Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman, in order to find common perspectives among authors on key issues affecting the status of women in society. By using the themes and characters as source for analysis, the thesis tries to answer the question about whether the female Arab writers tend to confirm the patriarchal order, or on the contrary they reject it. At the same time, the thesis analyzes the attitudes of women novelists towards the traditional values of their own society, in contrast with modern values. The thesis takes into account the major social, cultural and economic changes rapidly transforming this region in a very short period of time. These transformations have inevitably brought about substantial intergenerational conflicts within traditional families.
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Gender sensitive parenting
Vrbová, Lenka ; Smetáčková, Irena (advisor) ; Kiczková, Zuzana (referee)
This thesis follows an issue of gender sensitive parentage. In particular to parents who decided to educate their kids gender sensitively. In the first part it introduces theories of gender socialization and acquiring of gender identity. Further it introduces socialization in family and, in relation it, several social factors. It tries to approach this issue through gender sensitive education. This thesis also takes a deep look to existing approaches and researches of gender sensitive education. The research part of the thesis is based on qualitative analysis of interviews with parents who are trying to educate gender sensitively. This analysis detects how these parents comprehend gender sensitive education, how they make it work, what strategies they bring up, to what situations they get while following this education program and what obstacles they face up. The goal of this dissertation is to transmit the living experience of people who try to educate their children gender sensitively and contribute the development of possibilities allowing free progression to their kids.
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Promotion equal opportunity - competition Office of year 2009
Stryková, Iveta ; Pavlík, Petr (advisor) ; Šprincová, Veronika (referee)
Promoting equal opportunity - competition "Office of the 2009". The theme of this thesis is the competition "Fifty-fifty" - respect for equal opportunities of women and men that emerged at the initiative of NGO Gender Studies, o.p.s. and the Ministry of Interior. The theoretical part focuses on the theoretical foundations and legislative basis of equal opportunities for women and men. I also represent an institutional apparatus that may serve as the basis when asserting the equal opportunities, including basic documents. I also refer to the non-state sector activities and individual types of instruments for promoting equal opportunities. For the context of the competition, the activities of the coordinator of gender equality issues in the Ministry of Interior, which are also the part of the theoretical part, are also important. The empirical part focuses mainly on the methodology of the survey which I used when setting up a new questionnaire for the purposes of the competition. It is the setting of the improved questionnaire that would enable easy evaluation is also the goal of my thesis.
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