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The Influence of RuPaul's Drag Race on the Drag Subculture in the Czech Republic
Šlahařová, Eliška ; Reifová, Irena (advisor) ; Vochocová, Lenka (referee)
The master's thesis The Influence of RuPaul's Drag Race on the Drag Subculture in the Czech Republic is concerned with the relationship between the American reality TV show RuPaul's Drag Race and the current state of the Czech drag and travesti scene. The main chosen research method is an ethnographic analysis of a series of interviews with drag and travesti performers. The theoretical part aims to provide the sociocultural context to the theme of this thesis; specifically the introduction to queer theory and an a summary of representation of drag and travesti in the popular culture of 20th and 21st century. Furthermore, it introduces RuPaul's Drag Race as a cultural phenomenon along with its brief history, an outline of its international sociocultural influence and current critiques. Finally, it describes the Czech travesti and drag scene including its historical development, current status and the relations between both scenes. The practical part presents the results of the ethnographic analysis of the 14 interviews conducted with Czech drag and travesti performers, focusing on specific phenomena relating to RuPaul's Drag Race, that are subsequently interpreted within the overarching thematic units. The final chapter applies the findings on the theoretical aparatus presented in the first part of...
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Hairdresser during the day, performer Naira Delairo during the night (Television documentary about the drag quee's life)
Pančochářová, Natálie ; Macková, Veronika (advisor) ; Géla, František (referee)
Drag show, a marginalized genre of popular culture, is an entertainment or cultural performance in which men, in imaginative costumes and distinctive makeup, portray well-known female personalities. The performances are an experience based on a synthesis of acting, dancing, and singing. Although over the last 20 years drag show has become a legitimate segment of the cultural sector in the Czech Republic, there is only a small amount of professional literature and audiovisual processing related to this type of entertainment. A television documentary about the life of drag show called 'Hairdresser during the day, performer Naira Delairo during the night' introduces Nikolas Novák not only as a drag artist but also as a man with a homosexual orientation, who moved from a small village in South Moravia to the capital because of his hobby. In addition to performing, Nikolas makes a living as a hairdresser, but his penchant for drag extends more to his personal life than it may seem at first glance.
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Travesty Show: Performativity and Negotiation of Gender Identity
Chistyakova, Anastasia ; Ezzeddine, Petra (advisor) ; Halbich, Marek (referee)
This thesis is concerned with the question of gender identification in drag culture. The research, upon which this work is based, focuses on Czech drag queens that participate in drag (travesti) show in an LGBTQ+ enterprise in Prague. In my research, I have attempted to grasp the motivation of my informants to do drag, their connection to queer culture and the ways in which they create their own aesthetic on stage. With the help of these topics, I approach the problem of their gender identification, both in and out of drag. On the basis of the collected fieldwork material and relevant literature, I problematize gender identification among my informants. On the basis of such identification, I furthermore attempt to demonstrate limitations and shortcomings of the heteronormative framework of gender performativity, gender performance and gender identification in general. Keywords: travesty show, drag, queer, homosexuality, performativity, performance, heteronormativity, gender subversion
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The role of travesti show in media culture
Provázková, Jana ; Reifová, Irena (advisor) ; Miessler, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis The Role of Travesty Show in Media Culture is concerned with a question if we can find some similarities between the way how media presents travesty show and the way how people think and talk about this kind of entertainment. As a research method I chose qualitative content analysis and questionnaire. Theoretical part focuses on explanation of technical terms, history of homosexuality, queer culture, queer theory, travesty show and history. In practical part I will create concrete codes from qualitative content analysis and from these codes I will make categories. Part of practical part is also a questionnaire. In the end of this thesis I will compare the codes from qualitative content analysis with the answers from the questionnaire. And based on this comparison I will find out if there exist any similarities between the way how media presents travesty show and the way how people think and talk about this kind of entertainment.
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Travesti show and sexual orientation from the perspective of addiction psychology.
Fejklová, Martina ; Matoušek, Petr (advisor) ; Kalina, Kamil (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on the issue of interrelation among addiction, homosexuality and drag/travesti subculture. Since, according to numerous studies, there exists some connection between an increased risk of addiction creation and the LGBT community, the aim of this thesis is, building upon a case study, to map out one of the segments, to which only little attention is devoted in the scientific literature, both on the gender and on the addiction problematics - i.e. the possible effect of drag/travesti subculture on the addiction creation. Due to the fact that drag performers are gay and at the same time they exhibit significant femininity features, they are exposed to a double social stigmatisation, often even by the gay subculture. This stigmatisation as well as discrimination and struggle with their own identity are the factors which - as suggested by the scientific literature - can contribute to development of an addiction. The case study conducted in the practical part of the thesis focuses on mapping out of the development of drug addiction by one Czech travesti performer. The data obtained served to create a general picture of how the sexual orientation and gender identity but also a specific social environment can contribute to a possible use of various types of addictive...
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The phenomenon of the czech travesti show - performers vs. audience
Dobešová, Mirka ; Sokolová, Věra (advisor) ; Vohlídalová, Marta (referee)
Travesti show - in other words men's dressing as women (especially famous singers) in order to create a parody - has become a legitimate part of the Czech cultural events for the last twenty years. Moreover, in comparison with a foreign production of that kind it is very specific as regards terminology and content. Although travesti show theme has penetrated into the Czech academic ground too, it is still understood only from the perspective of gender performativity and is focused on performers themselves. On the contrary, this paper tries to grasp spectators' perspectives regarding not only the audience perception of the performers, but also a wide range of spectators' characteristics related to their general degree of tolerance towards gender roles in the society as well as LGBT issues in comparison with common population.
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