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Digital Historical Representations of the American Frontier Selected chapters from Red Dead Redemption 2
Klabačka, Tomáš ; Kremer, Jan (advisor) ; Foltýn, Dušan (referee)
This thesis deals with the video game Red Dead Redemption 2. In the theoretical part, I discuss popular history in general, and present other game and film western theme titles. This is followed by a section dedicated to the development studio Rockstar Games and the Red Dead game franchise. I am describing the history of the studio and its other work, and introduce the game titles belonging to the mentioned series - from development, to story and reviews. In the practical part, I am making a detailed analysis of RDR2 and futher I going to focus on comparing this title with other westerns released in the 21st century. I will compare four areas. These are: cowboys, natives American, women and children. The objective of my work is firstly to present one of the ways in which a historical video game can be analysed. Secondly to offer a comparison of what is portrayed in contemporary westerns. For example, what these titles present the same or at least in a similar way, and what, on the other hand, they do not agree on at all. KEYWORDS Videogames, historical game studies; popular history; American frontier; native Americans; cowboys; 19th/20th century; Red Dead Redemption; Rockstar Games
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The portrayal of the Indigenous community in Sherman Alexie's The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Skála, David ; Topolovská, Tereza (advisor) ; Ženíšek, Jakub (referee)
This thesis aims to analyse the portrayal of Native American people in a semi-autobiographic novel The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007) by Sherman Alexie and to compare and contrast it with the current living conditions inside reservations designated for the Native American inhabitants. The practical part analyses the story of a young Native American named Arnold Spirit, often referred to as Junior, who lives in The Spokane Indian Reservation and encounters racism, poverty, ostracism and other troubles associated with ethnic minorities. The character's story is analysed from the perspective of various types of segregation, established in the theoretical part, he and his people routinely experience. The subsequent comparison of the novel and the reality is closely connected to the research from the theoretical part which dealt with the information from academic articles as well as authentic resources, such as community websites of the Indigenous community. The practical part essentially attempts to interpret the novel from the perspective of the research presented in the preceding part if the work. KEYWORDS Sherman Alexie, Native Americans, Indian reservation, adolescence, segregation
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Stereotypical Portrayals of Native Americans in Lynne Reid Banks's The Indian in the Cupboard
Morozová, Kateřina ; Farrell, Mark Robert (advisor) ; Ženíšek, Jakub (referee)
This bachelor's thesis, titled Stereotypical portrayals of Native Americans in Lynne Reid Banks's The Indian in the Cupboard, focuses on the phenomenon of stereotypical portrayals of Native Americans in Lynne Reid Banks's book The Indian in the Cupboard. The theoretical part of the thesis is devoted to the topics of stereotype and ethnocentrism with a focus on Native Americans. It also includes a brief outline of the historical development of literary works concerning Native Americans and discusses the importance of accuracy in children's literature. The practical part focuses on an analysis of particular stereotypes present in the book and criticism concerning the book. Keywords The Indian in the Cupboard, Lynne Reid Banks, Native Americans, Indians, Western (genre), Racism, Stereotyping, Children's literature, Accuracy
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Commented translation:Native American Systems of Knowledge (C.S. Kidwell, InP.J. Deloria, N.Salisbury (ed). A companion to American Indian history. Malden: Blackwell, 2004, s.87-102)
Chvojková, Kristýna ; Jettmarová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Špirk, Jaroslav (referee)
The core of the bachelor's thesis is a Czech translation of the article Native American Systems of Knowledge by C. S. Kidwell published in 2002 as a chapter of A Companion to American Indian History. The second part is constituted by the commentary of the translation including the original text analysis, description of the translation method, translation problems typology along with their solutions and typology of the translation shifts. The analysis uses the model of Ch. Nord and constitutes the basis for the translation method. The further chapters deal with lexical, syntactical and presuposition problems and describe shifts that occured during the process. The commentary includes conrete examples of solutions and shifts.
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The Concept of Duality in Culture and Myths of Lakota Indians
Perlíková, Klára ; Šavelková, Lívia (advisor) ; Heřmanský, Martin (referee) ; Kýrová, Lucie (referee)
The Concept of Duality in Culture and Myths of Lakota Indians The purpose of the dissertation is to explore and research the broad topic of culture of Lakota Indians from the perspective of secondary abstraction inspired by the structuralist approach to anthropology. The concept of duality is perceived here as a general concept which is - as it is our belief - present across various categories and areas of Lakota culture, both in the past and in the present. The dissertation is conceived as a set of chapters each of which deals with a different area of Lakota culture from the perspective of this secondary abstraction. First, we specify and define our understanding of duality and show how the original approach of structural anthropology has been modified in the course of time by postmodernists' critique. The theoretical introduction is followed by studies of four areas of Lakota culture in which the concept of duality is shown. The first two topics - Lakota myths and traditional visual art of the Lakota - are based primarily on ethnographical data collected by other researchers of the area. On the other hand, the other two areas - Lakota identity and the phenomenon of contemporary summer powwows in Lakota reservations - are based largely on the author's research in this area in summer 2014 and 2015....
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"Better Red than Dead": American Indians' Struggle for Sovereignty Rights in the 1960s and 1970s
Staňková, Olga ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
In my thesis, I argue that the Native American activism of the 1960s and 1970s does not fall into the category of Civil Rights Movement because of its significantly different goals, and that the fundamentally different character of sovereignty rights also keeps the Indian struggle invisible in American understandings of U.S. political and social history. According to my analysis, the terms tribal sovereignty, self-determination, and treaty rights describe the ultimate goals of the Native American activists in the 1960s and 1970s the best. The decade between 1964 and 1974 witnessed the rise of radical Indian activism, which succeeded in reminding the general public and politicians that Indians are still present in the United States. Furthermore, it influenced a whole generation of Native Americans who found new pride in being Indian. However, this current of American activism is not known so well by the general U.S. public. This thesis will describe this state as "selective visibility" deriving from U.S. selective historical memory, only noticing and remembering those events and images concerning Native Americans that can be simply understood, somehow relate to the U.S. set of values, and fit in the national historical narrative.
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Evolution of legal status of Native Americans with regard to their citizenship
Šaník, Jan ; Kýrová, Lucie (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
Právní postavení amerických indiánů prošlo během historie Spojených států amerických značným vývojem, které mělo dopad nejen na jejich suverenitu, ale také na jejich společenský a politický status. Přijímané politiky týkající se Indiánů byly koncipovány tak, aby domorodí obyvatelé neohrožovali teritoriální a ekonomickou expanzi USA. Tyto politiky ovšem nerespektovaly suverenitu a práva původních obyvatel. Práce nabízí podrobnou analýzu právního vývoje amerických indiánů v období od éry kolonizace evropskými mocnostmi až po rok 1924, kdy bylo všem původním obyvatelům jednostranně uděleno americké občanství. Práce je rozdělena na tři části - první část se věnuje období od kolonizace až po založení systému rezervací, druhá kapitola se zabývá periodou asimilace a poslední část práce se zaobírá debatami ohledně občanství pro Indiány, kde je poskytnutý rozsáhlý prostor i pro myšlenky samotných Indiánů. Annotation The legal status of american Indians went through a significant evolution, which had an impact on their sovereignty as well as their social and political status. The policies applied towards the native people were designed in a way that they would not threaten territorial and economic expansion of the United States. As a result, these policies did not respect the sovereignty and rights of...
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The Concept of Duality in Culture and Myths of Lakota Indians
Perlíková, Klára ; Šavelková, Lívia (advisor) ; Heřmanský, Martin (referee) ; Kýrová, Lucie (referee)
The Concept of Duality in Culture and Myths of Lakota Indians The purpose of the dissertation is to explore and research the broad topic of culture of Lakota Indians from the perspective of secondary abstraction inspired by the structuralist approach to anthropology. The concept of duality is perceived here as a general concept which is - as it is our belief - present across various categories and areas of Lakota culture, both in the past and in the present. The dissertation is conceived as a set of chapters each of which deals with a different area of Lakota culture from the perspective of this secondary abstraction. First, we specify and define our understanding of duality and show how the original approach of structural anthropology has been modified in the course of time by postmodernists' critique. The theoretical introduction is followed by studies of four areas of Lakota culture in which the concept of duality is shown. The first two topics - Lakota myths and traditional visual art of the Lakota - are based primarily on ethnographical data collected by other researchers of the area. On the other hand, the other two areas - Lakota identity and the phenomenon of contemporary summer powwows in Lakota reservations - are based largely on the author's research in this area in summer 2014 and 2015....
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