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Notions of after-life and meaning of death in Zuni society
Ručková, Eliška ; Řezáčová, Vendula (advisor) ; Kotlík, Pavel (referee)
Bachelor's thesis called Visions of the afterlife and the importance of death for the Zuni Indian tribe is trying to provide a comprehensive view of the funeral rituals and death beliefs among the selected society of the Puebloan Indians. At first, I try to outline the historical background of the development of the Zuni tribe, along with a brief description of the manner of life and religion and its changes, especially under the influence of Spanish conquerors and Christian religion. After that I am trying to put topic itself into this outline. The paper also briefly deals with selected myths that are one of the main sources of ideas about the afterlife among Zuni for this thesis. The thesis devotes most attention to the afterlife along with funerary ritual. The main objective of this work is both to see how ideas about the death of Zuni reflect their society, and what is meaning of death for them. The paper strives to show that importance of death is in the context of maintaining the unity of a society that is so typical for this tribe.
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Notions of after-life and meaning of death in Zuni society
Ručková, Eliška ; Řezáčová, Vendula (advisor) ; Kotlík, Pavel (referee)
Bachelor's thesis called Visions of the afterlife and the importance of death for the Zuni Indian tribe is trying to provide a comprehensive view of the funeral rituals and death beliefs among the selected society of the Puebloan Indians. At first, I try to outline the historical background of the development of the Zuni tribe, along with a brief description of the manner of life and religion and its changes, especially under the influence of Spanish conquerors and Christian religion. After that I am trying to put topic itself into this outline. The paper also briefly deals with selected myths that are one of the main sources of ideas about the afterlife among Zuni for this thesis. The thesis devotes most attention to the afterlife along with funerary ritual. The main objective of this work is both to see how ideas about the death of Zuni reflect their society, and what is meaning of death for them. The paper strives to show that importance of death is in the context of maintaining the unity of a society that is so typical for this tribe.
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The Social Stratification of particular Collectivity
Kurcová, Zuzana ; Novotná, Eliška (advisor) ; Syrovátka, Oldřich (referee)
This bachelor's work is dedicated to the dilemma of social stratification in the town of Louny according to the model of stratification. The theoretical part of this bachelor's work outlines the dilemmas such as social inequality, social stratification, models of social stratification and kriteria of social stratification. The practical part of the bachelor's work contains foremost the results and the interpretation of my research and the placement of te people of Louny into different social layers.
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The Social Stratification of particular Collectivity
Šuk, Marek ; Novotná, Eliška (advisor) ; Syrovátka, Oldřich (referee)
This work is dedicated to the issue of population and its organization in the Praha-Petrovice district, and is divided into two parts. The theoretical part includes a definition of the social stratification and its basic terms; explanation of the classic stratification model and current stratification models; description of stratification criteria and characteristics of measuring social stratification. The object of the practical part contains a provision of the basic demographic information about the chosen collectivity; description of the methods selected for processing of the practical part and the process of data collecting. The main output is an analysis and presentation of results gained through research and creation of stratification models for the chosen collectivity.
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