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Taboos in literature for children and young adults and its tolerance
JANUSOVÁ, Iva
In my thesis, that is called "Taboo and its Tolerance in Literature for Children and Youth", I focus on literature with serious topics like death, homosexuality, and dissimilarity of ethnic groups. The goal of my thesis is to find out how children and youth react to this kind of literature. In the theoretical part of my thesis, I am concerned with the origin of the word taboo and then with published books. My focus in the practical part is an actual research with children.
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Bizarre food? Is good to think.
Matušínská, Radka ; Halbich, Marek (advisor) ; Slavková, Markéta (referee)
The following thesis discusses how bizarre food is conceptualized within the anthropology of food and how it connects to symbolic anthropology. Through the complex description of the individual experience during the process of eating bizarre foods, the perception of the experience and the various motivations behind it will be explained. From an anthropological point of view it will be examined whether bizarre foods are the carriers of cultural significance and how this is further demonstrated within the culture. Through analysis of some specific foods I will also try to reveal their symbolic meaning.
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Menstruation: personal and medially vicarious relation to the body
Kovalčuková, Anastázie ; Soukup, Martin (advisor) ; Půtová, Barbora (referee)
The main goal of this thesis is to answer the question to what extent are Czech women influenced by the information presented by media or historical traditions about menstruation. Not only literature and published articles were used as sources for the findings, several personal interviews were also conducted with Czech women, gynaecologists and one company, which distributes hygienic tools for menstruation. The results show that the concept of purity perception, as well as seeing women as weaker gender. There is also an effort to protect children from the topics concerning adult life and also the fact, that menstruation does not present any taboo for women in 21st century. However, these women do not talk about it too often, as they consider it very intimate topic. To some extent, some level of taboo persists in the media.
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The Wrath of the Water and Its Relationship with Geasa in the Celtic Mythology
Syrová, Kristýna ; Antalík, Dalibor (advisor) ; Kozák, Jan (referee)
TITLE: The Wrath of the Water and Its Relationship with Geasa in the Celtic Mythology AUTHOR: Kristýna Syrová DEPARTMENT: Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies SUPERVISOR: Doc. Dalibor Antalík, PhD. ABSTRACT: This thesis examines two similar medieval Irish narratives, 'Boann' and 'Sinann', from so called dindshenchas, interpreting the concept of the well of wisdom and the right to approach it, as well as looking for probable parallels of the story in other Celtic sources. Although it works towards encompassing the theories of other scholars, who used to be concerned mainly about parallels of this theme in other Indo-European cultures, the main aim here is different. The thesis is trying to explain the chosen narrative from the inside of the medieval Irish society, namely through a specific Irish ideology of a learned class of poets, the filid. It is also aiming to show how the relationship between physical boundaries, such as rivers, and social boundaries (which were connected to the institution of geasa, so called Irish taboos) could have had an influence on the narrative. Though we cannot deny pre-Christian mythological roots of the story, the author maintains that it was revised by the medieval filid to help them face a peculiar problem: an ambivalent position of a female poet within the...
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Senior Sexuality
Steklíková, Eliška ; Weiss, Petr (advisor) ; Šulová, Lenka (referee)
This diploma thesis explores the area of sexuality of older people, summarizes previously published theoretical knowledge in this area and is complemented by empirical research. It deals with aging and outlines the changes that may occur in humans during this process, especially in terms of development and transformation of sexuality. This thesis also pursues the perception of senior sexuality by his surroundings and the general public. This thesis also partially covers the issue of institutional care for the elderly. Objective: Mapping of senior population's behaviors and attitudes towards sex and their comparison across genders. Methods: Research conducted by a quantitative survey. Processing and interpretation of data regarding to the relevant age groups, which are based on a survey of sexual behavior carried out in 2013 and guaranteed by Prof. PhDr. Petr Weiss, Ph.D. a Doc. MUDr. Jaroslav Zvěřina, CSc. from the Institute of Sexology, 1st Faculty of Medicine at Charles University, Results: More than a half of the senior population in the Czech Republic does not feel the need to sexually realize themselves. For women this phenomenon is represented more strongly than for men. If older people are living in a stable relationship, they are more likely to keep active sexual life. The average frequency...
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Sexual and excretory vocabulary and contexts of its usage in Romani
Dužda, Jan ; Beníšek, Michael (advisor) ; Kubaník, Pavel (referee)
This thesis deals with usage of special vocabulary - "sexual and excretion" - in different contexts in a Roma community in Rokycany. This thesis is actually analysis and it focuses on searching for equivalences and differences in Romani language. The author compares these expressions with Czech language as well. The sexual and excretion vocabulary is used in different contexts and it is often used in tabooed situations. The usage of those linguistic instruments depends on a speaker's status in the community. Final section of bachelor thesis analyses the presence of sexual and excretory vocabulary in different realms of Roma art. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Detabooization of Sex and Eroticism in Jan Neruda's work
Kasalová, Petra ; Mocná, Dagmar (advisor) ; Hrabáková, Jaroslava (referee)
My thesis deals with Jan Neruda and his work from the different point of view than the view in school text books. I pointed out a fact that Neruda was a fearless, rather a rebellious writer in his period, and he had been breaking prudish literary stereotypes at that time. The first chapter presents the 19th century itself and refers to the recent status of a woman but also to some situations which were placed under a taboo by local society. The second chapter is Nerudaˈs biography focused on some life moments linked with his work. The third chapter shows my interpretation of Nerudaˈs programme statement ˈŠkodlivé směryˈ. The next chapter involves extracts of his works, which contains erotic, sexual motives or other taboo themes such as prostitution and infidelity. I put my mind to the tale ˈU tří liliíˈ, which invited and still invites readersˈ and literatesˈ attention, in the last part. Key words Jan Neruda, 19th century, taboo, sex and erotic in literature
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Children's word in Vietnam
Vu Thi Thu, Thuy ; Hlavatá, Lucie (advisor) ; Slavická, Binh (referee)
The topic of this thesis is "Child and childhood in Vietnam". It focuses on the prenatal and the early period of childhood. The thesis uses a cultural anthropological point of view which emphasizes superstitious or taboo behaviour associated with the time of birth - pregnancy, childbirth, puerperium and child care. For the purposes of the thesis, the research was conducted in the north-east urban areas of Northern Vietnam. Since the myths, taboos and rituals tends to change, develop or even perish, it was necessary to limit the topic in terms of time. Therefore the work studies only three generations of Vietnamese women over a sixty-year period. The thesis is based not only on relevant literature but also on the field research conducted in Vietnam. The interviews and unobtrusive observation carried out among involved women extend the information gained from literature and also provide the women's personal point of view on childbirth and early childcare issues. The main objective is to answer how much the so-called "child's world" has changed in the three-generation period and to what extent the rituals, myths and taboos are still relevant to current issues in contemporary Vietnam. Key words: Vietnam, children, childhood, Vietnamese family, birth, child care, taboo, rituals, superstitions.
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