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Czechs in the Former USSR with the Focus on People Repatriated from Kazakhstan.
Dymeš, Pavel ; Horák, Slavomír (advisor) ; Klípa, Ondřej (referee)
The history of the Czech Diaspora settlement of Kazakhstan is the main topic of this thesis. It starts in the first half of the 19th century describing the Diaspora first move from the Czech lands through its temporary stay in Ukraine and Bessarabia till return of some of its descendants back to the Czech Republic. The procedure of resettlement has been described including the follow up integration process in the Czech Republic. Using the pooling questionnaire data has been collected and evaluated on reasons behind the exodus of Czech Diaspora from Kazakhstan as well as the quality of its reintegration into the Czech society.
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Three critical voices of post-war American literature
Malá, Kateřina ; Hanuš, Jiří (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
The thesis deals with critical views of the post-war American society as found in three literary works: Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye and Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The thesis's aim is to introduce briefly the post-war society and then, on basis of text analysis, to provide criticism expressed by each book mentioned above. Divided into four main parts, it describes the post-war situation in the United States (political, social and cultural) and thereafter it focuses on the books itself. It provides a short biographical summary of each author's life but it mainly targets the criticism the book contains. The post-war period was significant because of the change it brought. The society of the 1950s was characterized by many "booms" that contributed to its development. The main features of this period were consumerism and materialism; these were also the principal things subjected to criticism. The question the thesis wants to answer is whether this criticism was justified or not. This objective is realized in the conclusion. Based on all facts provided by the thesis, the answer is that the criticism was justified; however, it is not so easy and it is necessary to read the whole thesis to understand all reasons that led to this conclusion and to think over...
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Perception of Moors in Elizabethan England
Bielková, Andrea ; Klusáková, Luďa (advisor) ; Křížová, Markéta (referee)
The thesis focuses on the perception of African population in Elizabethan England. It attempts to clarify the social context and environment in which the image of an African - a dark-skinned individual - emerged and developed. The main questions the thesis aspires to answer are as follows: what social phenomena had crucial impact on the formation and transformation of the image of the Other, and what form did the image resulting from these took upon; if and how were these factors reflected in the popular culture. The main sources for the analysis are primarily travel literature and theatre production of the Elizabethan period. Key words: Elizabeth I; Moors; Negroes; travel literature; George Best; Richard Hakluyt; Elizabethan drama; Othello; The Merchant of Venice; Battle of Alcazar; Lust's Dominion; Titus Andronicus; Morocco; Berbery
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Socioeconomic context of food of ethnic minorities (the case of Vietnamese minority in Czechia)
Pham, Phuong Uyen ; Lošťák, Michal (advisor) ; Zelený, Jiří (referee)
The bachelor thesis is devoted to food and its social and culture context. This study is divided into two sections: literature review and practical part. The beginning of the text will be aimed to explanation of the term food and deals briefly with cultural aspects of eating. There are also briefly described the most popular ethnic minorities in the Czech Republic. The practical part is dealing with adjusting the Vietnamese minority in Czechia and the related issues and analysis of eating habits. By qualitative research were found out the information about food that respondents ate. On this basis was examined how is their eating affected by the place of residence in a different cultural environment.
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Edukation for Tolerance to Secondary Schools
Puškárová, Marta ; Votava, Jiří (advisor) ; Barbora, Barbora (referee)
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Bachelor thesis deals with the education of pupils towards tolerance in secondary schools, perception of differences and the divergencies from others and the formation of attitudes. The work is focused on the acquisition of especially civil and social but also professional and key competences. It presents the role of teachers in the educational effects on pupils in order to teach them mutual respect and tolerance of new cultures and people from different environment and to prevent potential conflict situations. It should reveal pupils haw to listen to other people regardless whether the other one agrees with them or not, and to prepare them for life in the global society on the principle of social reconciliation and solidarity.
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Roma people and Velvet Revolution
Tomšů, Kateřina ; Macků, Lucie (advisor) ; Zychová, Jana (referee)
This thesis approaches life of Roma people during communist era, and subsequent changes in their everyday life caused by the velvet revolution. First part approaches explanation of terms such as minority, nationality, integration and acculturisation, totalitarian regime and racial discrimination. The practical part deals with how Roma people dealt with changes inside regime. Testimonies of narrators were divided into larger groups such as everyday life before 1989, the velvet revolution era, life after 1989 Roma language and Roma identity. Thesis uses qualitative research in form of semi-structured interviews with 9 Roma people living in various parts of The Czech Republic.
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