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Ballroom Dancing in the Czech Social Environment in the 2nd half of the 19th Century
Šámalová, Tereza ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Hejzlarová, Tereza (referee)
Thesis deals with the theme of ballroom dancing in Prague bourgeoisie society in the 2nd half of the 19th century. The theme is situated in social and historical context and contemporary political situation. The second part is dedicated to prague associations, Sokol of Prague and sokol festivities. That part of the text proceeds from analysis of the articles and contributions of the journal Sokol (from years 1871-1895). The following chapter about ballroom dancing tries to focus on the types of free time activities which are connected with dancing in the milieu of Prague Czech-speaking society in the 2nd half of the 19th century. It also characterises favourite ballroom dances at that time in the context of social and cultural life. One of the last chapters is dedicated to the relationship of a significant public figure of that time, Jan Neruda, with ballroom dancing. These passages are based on selected examples of Neruda's texts, adopted mostly from Národní Listy. The main intention of the extracts is to complete the picture of ballroom dancing with personal reflection of Neruda as a great dancer, expert on literature and artist. Key words: 2nd half of the 19th century, Prague, czech society, ballroom dancing, associations, national festivities, thematic carnival ("šibřinky").
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Gender prejudices and stereotypes in Czech society
Kolomá, Jana ; Kubišová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Dvořáková, Markéta (referee)
The thesis entitled Gender prejudices and stereotypes in the Czech society deals with such prejudices and the stereotypes that are the current social problem with which every man in his life can encounter since attending the primary school and later during the looking for a job or in a family life. The aim of this thesis is to find the gender prejudices and the stereotypes in the MEN/ WOMEN magazine, the WOMEN part, column Topic for 2011 which consisted of ten editions of this magazine. The thesis is based on the theoretical knowledge and it tries to interpret the analyzed gender prejudices and the stereotypes. The theoretical part serves for better comprehension as it focuses on the definition of the term gender, as well as gender and its associated prejudices and stereotypes and the media themselves as the magazine analyzed is part of them. To achieve the objective, a method of a quantitative content analysis was used. The data from the research are processed into individual tables.
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Image of the lifestyle of the sixties according to Vlasta weekly magazine
Blinková, Karolína ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor) ; Sekera, Martin (referee)
My master thesis examines lifestyle in the sixties of the 20th century as depicted on pages of Vlasta weekly magazine. Vlasta has been published since 1947 and thanks to the long continuity and grounding in the Czech environment, it is considered to be a traditional magazine. It has gained and maintained its broad network of readers throughout the years and is considered to be a leading magazine of Czechoslovak women during the communist era. In my thesis, I focus on the content analysis of the magazine in years 1960 - 1968. The thesis is set in a historical, social and media context. I emphasize the topics that are closely related to lifestyle. The areas that determine the lifestyle and on which I focus are, in particular, housing issues, workload, family relations, education, fashion, art and leisure time. I have also covered questions involving emancipation of women and their position in society. I also deal with the question whether the image of the lifestyle as presented by the Vlasta magazine matched the actual lifestyle of people in the sixties. In addition, I examine whether the magazine actually fulfilled the role of a weekly magazine for women, as it is well known that Vlasta was under the political supervision. The thesis is divided into two parts, the theoretical and analytical. The...
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Perception of art in czech culture at the turn of the 19. and 20. century
Pogranová, Anna ; Půtová, Barbora (advisor) ; Hoftichová, Petra (referee)
This thesis deals with visual art and its reflection in Czech culture at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. It describes the emergence of modern art and how it responded to the public and critics. The situation in the Czech countries is compared with the perception of art in France, in the U. S. and in Japan. Biographies of Czech artists who lived at the time - Max Švabinský and Alphonse Mucha, were used as the case studies. Finally, the work concerns with the perception of art from perspective of theory. The work aims to contribute to the phenomenon of perception of art in Czech culture and society in a particular socio-cultural context.
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The Dalai Lama in the Czech Republic
Rejman, Daniel ; Petráček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Bouma, David (referee)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama is received contradictory in the Czech Republic nowadays.Was it always like that? During his stays in the Czech Republic he enjoyed the favour of such personalities as Vaclav Havel and Tomas Halik. However, recently, the supporting of the Dalai Lama was criticized by not only the President's office but also by the Prime Minister himself. Has the view of the spiritual leader in the Czech politics and media completely changed? If so, what are the causes?
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Life values of the Czech society using Schwartz Value Inventory
Podsedníková, Klára ; Hamplová, Dana (advisor) ; Sedláčková, Markéta (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the topic of measuring society-wide values according to the theory and method designed by Shalom Schwartz. The concept of values and its place in sociology is introduced, the development of Schwartz' theory and method is outlined and its varieties presented. Using the Portrait Value Survey Method, which is based on the data from the European Social Survey, the values of the Czech society are measured. This is carried out by the means of correlation and regression analyses of ten basic values with chosen descriptive variables - age, gender, education and political orientation. The results of the study does not show any significant deviations from the anticipated outcome, the values are quite traditional especially in connection with the gender and age differentiation. The values of individuals change in time and are dependent on the above mentioned factors.
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The Taboo of Death in Contemporary Czech Society
MARTÍNEK, Daniel
The main goal of my thesis is to describe the idea of death and dying, and then to define these. Then I will differentiate and describe various types of death, together with summarizing historical evolution of the approach of society to death, and in the next part I will describe the idea of death as it is seen by the most significant world religions. In theoretical part of my thesis I would like to define the purpose of palliative care and the role social workers play in the process of dying, and define the problematic surrounding euthanasia. The main goal of the practical part is to obtain, evaluate and summarize the approach to death of all the age groups in contemporary czech society. The reasearch will be done with the help of quantitative method in the form of questionnaire. Based on the established hypotheses, I created multiple questions related to the hypotheses, from which I created the questionnaire. The questionnaire also contains identification questions, which are meant to give closer identification of respondents. A graph has been created to every question and each graph has been labeled. Next I will create charts which will evaluate how separate age groups answered the questions. The practical part of the thesis confirmed, that in the present the tabooing of the death is more common with atheists, who do not think about the topic of the death very often. First hypothesis has been confirmed. The hypothesis which assumed that the young people to the age of 24 years are going to be the most afraid ones of the psychic pain while dying, has not been confirmed. Neither has been the hypothesis which assumed the elderly people (60 years and more) are going to be The most common answer among elderly people was the fear of being helpless. The answers were equalized among the youger generation (to the age of 24 years). The third hypothesis also has been confirmed. The answers, to the question of death topic interest, proponents of legalizing euthanasia have shown less interest than opponents.
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Social Life of Sofie Podlipská
Oudová, Radka ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Sochorová, Ludmila (referee)
The aim of this thesis is based on historical and archival documents to describe social life of Sofie Podlipská. In the first part of this thesis is described the life of Sofie Podlipská. The further part is focused on her publications and translations. In the main part of the bachelor thesis I am concentrated on her work in associations and lecture activities in some representative woman institutions.
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20 years of research in social stratification in the Czech Republic
Karnet, Martin ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Sládek, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis summarizes the most important personalities who devoted to the topic social stratification in the history of the Czech Republic. In the first chapter, the term social stratification is explained and other important terms are defined. The second part of the work analyses social structure and stratification researches in the period of the dominance of the communistic regime in the Czechoslovakia. This period is mainly connected with Pavel Machonin who executed an important sociological research in 1967. The most extensive part of this thesis is devoted to the period after the Velvet Revolution in the Czech Republic. In this chapter, main changes in the structure of Czech society are described and crucial personalities connected with the social stratification in the Czech Republic after 1989 are introduced. Key words: social stratification, Czech Republic, Pavel Machonin, Czech society, research
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