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Role of rags and other community events on life of czech woman in 19th century
Šimková, Eva ; Heczková, Libuše (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The socio-historical and literary-historical context is delineated in the first part of the thesis. But the essence of the thesis is analysing of three novels and one book of advices written by four female writers of the second half of 19th centrury. The analysis is focused on construction of model female readers for which the books were written. The main theme is analysis of detail of ball or dance event in their influence on the life of teenage girls, the definition and description of how the marriage market works and its changing relationship with the woman's free choice of profession. Based on readings of other texts of the four female authors we followed the extent of projection of ideological orientations and attitudes of the writers into these their analyzed texts.
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Male emancipation as the process of seeking identity
Petr, Josef ; Šanderová, Jadwiga (advisor) ; Uhl, Michal (referee)
In this work I would like to present the concept of male emancipation as the process of liberation of men from the pressure of culture stereotypes about men and masculinity. Male emancipation is also the inner process of seeking identity which is a synthesis of reflection of sex as a biological predisposition and gender as a culture construction. The concept of male emancipation is the answer to the recent crisis of male identity and is represented with different emphasis in different faces of men's movements. I created the basic typology of these movements and described their "emancipatory potential". As the opposition to feminists ideal types of new man or androgyne I described the realistic type of emancipated man who is not trying to achieve a synthesis of characteristics typically and traditionally considered as masculine or feminine but rather to achieve a compact, consistent and original personality. In the last part of my work I present results of my research "What do men say?" where I analyzed the statements of men who came to the men's groups of the Czech organisation the League of Open Men. As a result I described four basic motivational categories which motivate men to visit these groups and the description of some basic topics which men solve in these groups.
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Feminism and emancipation at the threshold of the 20th century. Anna Řeháková, Vlasta Pittnerová, two case studies
Potměšilová, Magdaléna ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Sochorová, Ludmila (referee) ; Secká, Milena (referee)
Feminism and emancipation at the threshold of the 20th century Anna Řeháková, Vlasta Pittnerová, two case studies This PhD thesis deals with feminism and women's emancipation in Prague at the threshold of the 20th century. This work is a case study, based mainly on the biographical method. It is a concrete contribution to the history of emancipation and women's issues. The aim is to contribute to understanding the development of the women's movement in the Czech region on the border of the 19th and 20th century in a particular situation. Matter of this thesis is conceived as two case studies of two little-known personalities of the women's movement, their life and work today: a teacher and writer Anna Rehakova and writer and publicist Vlasta Pittnerová. The author conducted an analysis of the archival materials, memoirs, and inhe- ritances, the sources of contemporary women's own literary press and publications of both protagonists examined, as well as specialized books on the matter. On the basis of their work author demonstrates the development process in the women's movement, views the women and their fate. All of this, based on an example of life circumstances, attitudes and beliefs, as well as the formation of these two personalities not quite typical, active and taking part in the stream of...
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Tensions Within the Abolitionist Movement in the United States of America
Dvořáková, Irena ; Procházka, Martin (advisor) ; Veselá, Pavla (referee)
The thesis deals with the abolitionist movement in the United States of America and approaches it as an internally disunited movement. It focuses on the conflicts between its most influential representatives, including William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass. Different motives of the anti-slavery leaders' involvement in the matter are analyzed and used to explain the arguments among these. Attention is given to the problem of racial oppression as one of the main forces having determined not only the development of the abolitionist movement but also the events following the 1865 Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, mostly the rise of the Black nationalism movement and of black racism. Even though many abolitionists saw slavery as based on racism and, therefore, endeavored to reach its abolition, in practice, many of them refused to acknowledge racial equality between white and African American people. This paradox is one of the central problems of American abolitionism examined in the thesis. The first three chapters discuss abolitionist ideas of William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and David Walker with focus on their distinct and opposing views. The fourth chapter deals with the emancipation of women as it was closely linked to the emancipation of slaves; the...
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The Identity and Status of Women in Islam on the example of Muslim Women in the Czech Republic
Svojšová, Kateřina ; Macků, Lucie (advisor) ; Fajfrlíková, Pavla (referee)
Goal of the thesis "The identity and status of women in islam on the exaple of muslim women in the Czech Republic" is to describe how muslim women who live in the Czech Republic perceives their identity and status and how they look on women who live in some muslim surroundings.
The theoretical part is describing islam like the second most widespread religion in the world, the use of faith in everyday life and then this part is describing the situation of women in connection with their socio-legal status.
In analytical part of the thesis is used qualitative research methods in the form of half-structuralized interviews. This interviews were recorded with ten muslim women who was born in Czech Republic or they live here for a long time. Questions were divided into four groups, which largely concerned the status of women and men in family, the status of women on Qur´an and islam and also by life itself of muslim women in the Czech Republic. Also, this part aims to describe how converting women perceive the role of women in the muslim surroundings.
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Theory Actions in X Chapters/Actions Theory in X Acts : Talk and Twerk
Bačíková, Alžběta ; Sterec, Pavel (referee) ; Rathouský, Luděk (advisor)
The result of the project is a short video documentation of reciprocal lesson given by the twerking instructress and the teacher of the rhetoric. We can easily observe how the smart nonverbal choreography of speech is joining the erotically explicit dance. Women bodies are shot by camera during the training. They exercise proper breathing techniques first, then nonverbal expression and finally they try to articulate diverse notions on twerking. After the rhetoric lesson is given, they change the positions of teacher and the person being taught. It's time to learn how to twerk. In the final sequence we can see both women performing short twerk choreography on hip-hop music track made originally for the project.
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Fashion Victorian era as a source of inspiration
RATSCHMANOVÁ, Lucie
Master's thesis: Victorian era fashion theoretical and practical source of inspiration. Theoretical part of thesis explores fashion in 19 th century in UK in the context of contemporary facts. Thesis describes a development in particular parts of women's clothing which reflects former spirit and culture. In the next chapter is discussed how Victorian England has inspired nowadays fashion and its impact on modern subcultures. There are additionally added images for deeper understanding of this complex phenomena. Practical part of the thesis consists of development of ball jointed doll which was inspired by Victorian fashion. In addition, it includes sketches and workflow with visualization.
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The Status of Women in Labour Relations
Horáčková, Daniela ; Soušková, Milena (advisor) ; Spirit, Michal (referee)
This thesis deals with the present status of women on the labour market. It focuses on progress in the development of women's employment, and provides insight into the possibilities of alternative employment options, and opportunities in general that make it easier for women to balance their work and family life. A significant part is devoted to a comparison between how this issue is handled by the Labour Code and other legal norms and how it works in real life.
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A painting as a graphic metaphor of a gender identity
NIŽNÍKOVÁ, Kateřina
This thesis focuses on how Roznov art therapy schools approach gender issues. It deals with a gender perception development during an art therapy process (through the course of study). In the theoretical part it describes gender issues from the historical point of view and it addresses the feminist movement and its impact on an understanding of gender differences. It also describes psychological theories of the beginning and evolution of sex differences and therapeutic effects of art therapy. The practical part of this thesis includes a characterization of art therapy techniques. It pursues the symbol of ?original sin?. It examines a set of art therapy students? artwork and it studies the gender identification references. It also analyses a set of students? questionnaires, especially the experience of gender identification perception before and during their studies.
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