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Cajun French: mirror of the past, of the present and of the future
Bednárová, Jana ; Vacula, Richard (advisor) ; Štichauer, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis seeks to give an overall image concerning the linguistic situation of Cajun French of Louisiana. This regional variant of French is spoken by a minority group of speakers in this state. Given that the paper was created in the Czech academic community where Cajun French is virtually unknown, it tries to spark more interest in this topic. The first chapter presents the theoretical input to the outlined problem and Czech works dealing with Cajun French. The second chapter shows the basic facts about Louisiana, as well as the key events in its history. It examines the creation of Cajun French and characterizes its specific features. It also includes a mention of Cajun French reference books. The third chapter examines the legal status of the French language in Louisiana. Furthermore, the work sheds light on its French language policy, carried out mainly by a state agency called CODOFIL (the abbreviation comes from Council for the Development of French in Louisiana).The thesis later explains what the adherence to Francophonie would mean for this state. This is followed by an account of the relations entertained with Francophonie. The thesis later outlines the current linguistic situation and describes the possibilities of studying French in Louisiana.The presence of French on signage and in...
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Cultural Conflicts in the Writing of Hanif Kureishi
Dongresová, Marta ; Nováková, Soňa (advisor) ; Kolinská, Klára (referee)
The situation of immigrants in Britain has been inspiring writers for several decades and Hanif Kureishi is no exception. His own background allows him to describe the immigrant experience from the realistic perspective of an insider and his characters reflect the conflicts that immigrants have to deal with during their life among the members of the dominant culture of the state. The thesis focuses on The Buddha of Suburbia, while it also makes short digressions and touches upon a number of other works which were published by Kureishi from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s, such as The Black Album, My Son the Fanatic, My Beautiful Laundrette, The Rainbow Sign and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid. The whole discussion consists of three parts and begins with a chapter which primarily concentrates on important theoretical terms and their definitions that are necessary for all analyses of diasporic literatures; the terms and concepts are then applied to Kureishi's books and scripts. The second chapter deals with the conflicts experienced by the first generation immigrants who try to find out who they are as people as they oscillate between the culture of their country or origin and England, while the third chapter focuses on the second generation immigrants born in Britain who want to gain an identity in England...
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Causes of Civil Wars in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sniehotta, Michal ; Buben, Radek (advisor) ; Slačálek, Ondřej (referee)
Annotation: The Bachelor thesis deals with the civil war causes, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this Bachelor thesis is to identify, summarize and systematize theories of the civil war causes and find out the main factors contributing to the war eruption in the area of the sub-Saharan Africa. The thesis is divided into two parts. In the first theoretic part the term "civil war" is defined and characterized in relation to other types of wars and forms of organized violence. This is followed by the description of the most important contemporary theories explaining the causes of civil wars. The second part of this thesis is dedicated to the testing of the hypothesis dealing with the representative civil war causes in the area of sub- Saharan Africa.
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Identity in biographical narrative: The case of Slovak Roms in a Czech town.
Dienstbierová, Kristina ; Elšík, Viktor (advisor) ; Červenka, Jan (referee)
Anotation Most available studies dedicated to the identity of Roms fail to give a sutisfactory reply to some questions given by the social reality. The reason why lies in the fact that they explore the Romany identity based on culture and culture border studies. This work based on the biographical research is mapping the identity of Roms from the point of view of the participants themselves and their experience. It is focused on factors playing an imortant role when creating and reproducing the Romany identity and when giving meanings to it by its bearers themselves. The work shows that even the absence of any shared culture and social relations in the frame of the broader community it is possible to consider an etnic Romany category since it is is presented as the category not only by the Roms themselves, but by the majority society, which has a real impact on everyday live of each individual who is classified as a Rom.
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Ethnicity in China - Who are the Hui and who are the Dungan?
Horálek, Adam ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor) ; Uher, David (referee) ; Wicherkiewicz, Tomasz (referee)
Ethnicity in China - Who are the Hui and Who are the Dungan? The thesis has three main objectives: (1) to develop a concept appropriate for the comparison of different ethnicities, (2) to use this concept to identify differences of ethnicity in China, and (3) to analyse these differences in the cases of the Huis and the Dungans. The second section postulates the concept of ethnicity as a secondary identity, and this becomes the main theoretical and methodological frame of the work. Six primary identities and dimensions, that together form the components of ethnicity, are discussed. Policy, which is interpreted as a context of ethnicity, and (ethno)culture, understood as an expression of ethnicity, are not seen as components. The concept enables the comparison of distinct perceptions (emic) and qualitative atributes (etic) of ethnicity from six main perspectives. The third chapter is focused on ethnicity and the ethnic policies of China. The central objective is to define a Chinese official category minzu, its position in the context of European concepts of ethnicity and nation, and its comparison with the concept of nation in the Soviet tradition, which represents minzu's template. Minzu is interpreted, unlike most other concepts, as an ethnic group rather than a nation, and is seen as a political...
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Multicultural aspects at teachers work
Sedláčková, Magdaléna ; Tvrzová, Ivana (advisor) ; Burešová, Karolína (referee)
and key words Annotation in Czech This thesis deals with multicultural aspects in teachers' work. In addition, the survey provides a certain historical context related to the education of minorities in the Czech Republic before 1989, and describes the current situation in the area of multicultural education in our country. It examines how teachers should be equipped to deal with situations linked to multicultural education and what teaching methods teachers use to motivate pupils. In the practical part, it shows examples of several lessons in which teachers work with broad topics of multicultural education. It also contains an overview of several case studies based on experience. The work should contribute to a greater discussion of the subject. Key words in Czech Multicultural education, multiculturalism, nation, ethnicity, racism, assimilation, minorities, race, xenophobia, culture, globalization, segregation, personality, personality of teacher, competence, intercultural competence, diversity, trans-cultural approach, cultural-standard approach, identity, intercultural psychology, intercultural sensitivity, integration, activating methods in teaching, learning.
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Transformation of the national consciousness in the identity of immigrants from the selected countries of former Yugoslavia in Denmark
Šťastná, Petra ; Otčenášek, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Brouček, Stanislav (referee)
The thesis is concentrated on a diaspora from the former Yugoslavian countries, a special stress is put on the new generations. There are several factors which do influence the minorities - such as impact of a family, institutional, socio-cultural and historical atributes. Another important fact is Denmark's immigration and integration policy. Nevertheless, the formation of identity and belonging is highly affected by all mentioned. The analysis is held towards the transnationalism, integration/assimilation tendencies and hybridity in the behavior of the diaspora members. It should answer some general questions about the situation of ethnical minorities from the former Yugoslavia in this part of Europe as well as it should outline the distinction of these minorities in some neigboring countries. However, the current problematics of self- determination, mainly among the youth, should be examined too. Key words migration, acculturation, assimilation, ethnicity, Yugoslavia, Denmark
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Levels of identity of young Lusatian Sorbs
Dvořáčková, Tereza ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor) ; Korecká, Zuzana (referee)
This paper focuses on identity of young Lusatian Sorbs and it's manifestation on social networks and on the Internet. Theoretical part presents various attitudes to identity to point out ambiguity of this concept. There are presented and evaluated realized researchs of Lusatian Sorbs identity. Practical part concerned with analysis of virtual data on internet and social networks to describe, how Lusatian Sorbs communicate there and how they present there their identity. The identity research is introduced in context of actual happening in Lusatia. The important sources of informations for this paper are informal interviews with Lusatian Sorbs and my own observation and fieldwork. Keywords Lusatian Sorbs, identity, Lusatia, social networks, internet, Facebook
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