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We also fight, Cultural Models of Violance from the perspective of the Roma girls
Trachtová, Zuzana ; Bittnerová, Dana (advisor) ; Uherek, Zdeněk (referee)
Key words: Romani girls, violence, teenage groups, gender diferences, feminity, masculinity Abstract: The text is based on ethnographic research concerning a group of Roma teenagers in Prague and especially the cooperation with Roma girls belonging to that group. The teenagers often touched upon the issue of violence within their peer communication. The research shows that there are several similar Roma teen groups in Prague which organise street fights against each other. The research was carried out in two stages, the first one of which involved work with the whole group. Violence turned out to be dominant mainly for the boys. However, the girls respected this system as well. For this reason, the girls became the focus of the second stage of the research. The text is supposed to provide an outline discussing the question of violence meaning as seen by the girls and their understanding as well as verbalising the phenomenon in question. Furthermore, the theoretical part includes conceptual frames related to the term of violence and its position in different contexts of social sciences. Violence is connected mostly with the youth, gender and masculinity but also with marginalisation, honour and respect. Theoretical literature concerning female violence is paid attention to as well. Besides, this work...
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Fights of Roma Teenagers Cultural Models of Violence
Trachtová, Zuzana ; Bittnerová, Dana (advisor) ; Abu Ghosh, Yasar (referee)
This thesis focuses on the meaning of violence within groups of Roma youth. It discusses questions regarding how they understand, verbalise and reflect on violence. Answers to these questions presented in the work are based on long-term communication with Roma teenagers visiting a low-threshold club, where I worked. Afterwards, the research was carried out outside the club, in their private space and also in a boxing club. The Roma teenagers formed a fixed group, identifying themselves with a particular Prague district. The dialogues revealed an interesting topic of "fights" among Roma groups coming from different Prague districts. The aim of the thesis is to provide answers to the questions what teenagers are actually saying when they are talking about "fighting" one another, how they assess such behaviour and what meanings it carries for them. The theoretical part presents definitional frameworks concerning the term of violence as well as the concept of physical violence appearing in different socio-scientific contexts. In literature, violence is often referred to in connection with young people, gender, masculinity, social exclusion and honour. Furthermore, this part concentrates on defining the Roma minority and outlining their situation in Prague and the Czech Republic. The theoretical and...
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