Tato práce je zaměřená na obrazy ženské krásy v americké společnosti, a pozitivní a negativní efekty těchto obrazů na sebepojetí žen pocházejících z různých etnických prostředí. Práce se sestává z dvou hlavních částí: afro-americké a asijsko-americké zkušenosti, přičemž každá z nich se dále dělí na teoretickou část, jejíž náplní je zejména vykreslení kulturního a historického kontextu, který je nutná pro pochopení analyzovaných literárních děl a sociálního postavení jednotlivých etnik, a praktickou část, která se věnuje amotné analýze děl autorek pocházejících z těchto dvou prostředí.
Anotace v angličtině
This thesis concentrates on the images of feminine beauty in the mainstream American society, the ideals of beauty that they represent and the effects that the ideals have on women of different ethnicities. The thesis is divided into two main parts: African American and Asian American experience. Theoretical part provides a historical and cultural context which is necessary for understanding the literary works analyzed in the thesis and the position of the individual ethnic groups within the mainstream American society. Practical part focuses on the analysis itself.
Klíčová slova
mýtus bílé krásy, Spojené Státy, Toni Morrison, Wallace Thurman, Gish Jen, Julie Otsuka, Bharati Mukherjee
Klíčová slova v angličtině
white beauty myth, United States, Toni Morrison, Wallace Thurman, Gish Jen, Julie Otsuka, Bharati Mukherjee
Rozsah průvodní práce
91 stran
Jazyk
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Anotace
Tato práce je zaměřená na obrazy ženské krásy v americké společnosti, a pozitivní a negativní efekty těchto obrazů na sebepojetí žen pocházejících z různých etnických prostředí. Práce se sestává z dvou hlavních částí: afro-americké a asijsko-americké zkušenosti, přičemž každá z nich se dále dělí na teoretickou část, jejíž náplní je zejména vykreslení kulturního a historického kontextu, který je nutná pro pochopení analyzovaných literárních děl a sociálního postavení jednotlivých etnik, a praktickou část, která se věnuje amotné analýze děl autorek pocházejících z těchto dvou prostředí.
Anotace v angličtině
This thesis concentrates on the images of feminine beauty in the mainstream American society, the ideals of beauty that they represent and the effects that the ideals have on women of different ethnicities. The thesis is divided into two main parts: African American and Asian American experience. Theoretical part provides a historical and cultural context which is necessary for understanding the literary works analyzed in the thesis and the position of the individual ethnic groups within the mainstream American society. Practical part focuses on the analysis itself.
Klíčová slova
mýtus bílé krásy, Spojené Státy, Toni Morrison, Wallace Thurman, Gish Jen, Julie Otsuka, Bharati Mukherjee
Klíčová slova v angličtině
white beauty myth, United States, Toni Morrison, Wallace Thurman, Gish Jen, Julie Otsuka, Bharati Mukherjee
Zásady pro vypracování
The ideal of female beauty presented in the mainstream American culture is almost always white. Women from different racial backgrounds are surrounded by the advertisements that promote fair curly hair, rosy cheeks and blue eyes, a standard that ultimately excludes them from being labelled as beautiful. The exposure to this image is so frequent that they tend to internalize the white female beauty standards which leaves a profound impact on their perception of beauty and their self-image.
The main focus of this thesis is to examine how women from different racial backgrounds are affected by the dominant white beauty standards imposed on them by family, peers, media and the society and how their experiences are reflected in the literature of modern writers of various racial backgrounds such as Toni Morrison, Wallace Thurman or Gish Jen.
Zásady pro vypracování
The ideal of female beauty presented in the mainstream American culture is almost always white. Women from different racial backgrounds are surrounded by the advertisements that promote fair curly hair, rosy cheeks and blue eyes, a standard that ultimately excludes them from being labelled as beautiful. The exposure to this image is so frequent that they tend to internalize the white female beauty standards which leaves a profound impact on their perception of beauty and their self-image.
The main focus of this thesis is to examine how women from different racial backgrounds are affected by the dominant white beauty standards imposed on them by family, peers, media and the society and how their experiences are reflected in the literature of modern writers of various racial backgrounds such as Toni Morrison, Wallace Thurman or Gish Jen.
Seznam doporučené literatury
Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970).
Gish Jen, Typical American (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991).
Wallace Thurman, The Blacker the Berry: A Novel on Negro Life (New York: Macaulay, 1929).
Ruth Rosenberg, "Seeds in Hard Ground: Black Girlhood in The Bluest Eye" in Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 21, No. 4. , p. 435-445.
Emily Mullins, "Shirley Temple and Society's Ideal of Beauty", Michigan State
University, Eng 153, 2005.
Toni Morrison, God Help the Child (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015).
Julie Otsuka, When the Emperor Was Divine (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002).
Bell Hooks, Reel to Real: Race, Sex and Class Sat the Movies (London: Routledge, 1996).
Seznam doporučené literatury
Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970).
Gish Jen, Typical American (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991).
Wallace Thurman, The Blacker the Berry: A Novel on Negro Life (New York: Macaulay, 1929).
Ruth Rosenberg, "Seeds in Hard Ground: Black Girlhood in The Bluest Eye" in Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 21, No. 4. , p. 435-445.
Emily Mullins, "Shirley Temple and Society's Ideal of Beauty", Michigan State
University, Eng 153, 2005.
Toni Morrison, God Help the Child (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015).
Julie Otsuka, When the Emperor Was Divine (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002).
Bell Hooks, Reel to Real: Race, Sex and Class Sat the Movies (London: Routledge, 1996).