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(Non-)Docile Bodies. The Pole Dance and Fitness Phenomenon Through a Gender Lens
Hradecká, Lucie ; Sokolová, Věra (advisor) ; Jiroutová Kynčlová, Tereza (referee)
Pole dance and fitness is often associated with prostitution and pornography result of which is the fact that it is, as an inappropriate form and sexually explicit stylization of body movements, denied its artistic and sports value. Despite the stigma, which this discipline entails, there was its dynamic development, if not mainstreamization, in the last decade. Recent researches interpret this form of movement/dance as a feminine or feminizing practice. The presented thesis, however, takes issue with their conclusions and attempts to the contrary, to draw attention to the possibility of subversive rearticulation of normative prescriptions of gender relations that are emerging in the context of this phenomenon. The thesis is theoretically grounded in poststructuralist feminist theories that are defined against the essentialist conceptions of gender. All the data were collected using a participant observation method and six in-depth, semi-structured interviews with (co-)owners of the studios specialized in teaching of pole dance/fitness. All my respondents participated in the establishment and institutionalization of the discipline in the Czech Republic and they perceive pole dance/fitness as one of the most important factors of their lives to which they dedicate themselves intensively for a long...
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Women's rights and their position in Turkey based on selected specialized text
Kaděrová, Petra ; Knotková - Čapková, Blanka (advisor) ; Jiroutová Kynčlová, Tereza (referee)
Women's rights and their position became part of political and specialized discussions already at the end of Ottoman empire and remain such during establishing new Turkish republic as well during accession dialogue of Turkey to the European Union or joining the global women's human rights regime. However, I will argue, that this legislative changes are not sufficient for improvement of women's position within society, which is so trongly influenced by Islamic traditional culture. Therefore, in this work I will try to search for the roots of this conflict between Islamic traditional and modern society and their impact on women's position in Turkey. To do so, I will use qualitative content analysis of feminist and postcolonialist texts and also will focus on historic context. At the same time I will examine how contemporary Turkish society, which is in the first place focused on collective identity, deal with individual identity, that is necessary for promoting and claiming human rights for each person as individual.
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Graffiti Subculture from Gender Perspective
Komrsková, Lenka ; Kolářová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Jiroutová Kynčlová, Tereza (referee)
The thesis is focused on graffiti subculture from gender perspective. Subcultures are discussed in both class and gender context. Graffiti is traditionally perceived as part of Hip Hop subculture. Position of graffiti is determined within the frame of Hip Hop subculture and outside of it. That is when graffiti becomes a subculture itself. Power relationships are deeply rooted in hierarchy. That is characterized by untouchable position of the writers that are on the top of hierarchical system, whose side effect is exclusion of women graffiti writers. Another explored area focuses on gender stereotypes in graffiti and on the ways of restraining women's authority as graffiti writers. The final part examines the ways of how female writers make themselves visible and how they perceive their position in graffiti subculture in 2012.
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Graffiti Subculture from Gender Perspective
Komrsková, Lenka ; Kolářová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Jiroutová Kynčlová, Tereza (referee)
The thesis is focused on graffiti subculture from gender perspective. Graffiti is traditionally perceived as part of Hip Hop subculture. Position of graffiti is examined within the frame of Hip Hop subculture and outside of it, when graffiti becomes a subculture itself. Relationships in graffiti subculture are deeply rooted in hierarchy. That is characterized by untouchable position of those writers that are on the top of hierarchical system, whose side effect is exclusion of women graffiti writers. This process is also connected to motivations of male writers for participation in graffiti subculture, which is also examined as a place for constructing masculinity. Another explored area focuses on gender stereotypes in graffiti and on the ways of restraining women's authority as graffiti writers from various sides that are often unawared of discriminatory behavior. The final part examines the ways of how female writers make themselves visible in graffiti and how they perceive their position in graffiti subculture in 2012.
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Helimadoe and Petrolejové lampy: A gender analysis of Jaroslav Havlíček's novels
Teclová, Petra ; Jiroutová Kynčlová, Tereza (advisor) ; Heczková, Libuše (referee)
The master thesis Helimadoe and Petrolejové lampy: A Gender Analysis of Jaroslav Havlíček's Novels examines selected texts and conveys gender-focused interpretations. The analysis of both of Havlíček's novels is carried out within the context of feminist literary theories. The main methodological and theoretical foundations of the thesis are "resisting reading" as introduced by Judith Fetterly and Jonathan Culler's "reading as a woman". Since the thesis is also a qualitative sociological analysis, it uses the processes of discourse analysis as well. The text focuses on the issue of power relations and their gender dimension, on the construction of gender and gender identity of individual female and male characters, on their sexuality, on their gendered activities and on the description and interpretation of the environment that the literary characters inhabit. A special attention is primarily (but not only) paid to main female characters and their revolt against the patriarchal system of the society. In relation to this problem the thesis necessarily deals with the topic of the gender social order and it shows what influence this order has along with other factors on the lives of individual characters. Key words: feminist criticism, resisting reading, Jaroslav Havlíček, Helimadoe, Petrolejové...
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