Sikh Religious Symbols in Contemporary Canada
| Thesis title in Czech: | Sikhské náboženské symboly v současné Kanadě |
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| Thesis title in English: | Sikh Religious Symbols in Contemporary Canada |
| Key words: | Sikhské náboženské symboly, Kanada, multikulturalismus, debata |
| English key words: | Sikh religious symbols, Canada, multiculturalism, controversy |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2011/2012 |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures (21-UALK) |
| Supervisor: | Mgr. Klára Kolinská, Dr., Ph.D. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept. |
| Date of registration: | 28.05.2012 |
| Date of assignment: | 28.05.2012 |
| Administrator's approval: | not processed yet |
| Confirmed by Study dept. on: | 13.02.2013 |
| Date and time of defence: | 24.06.2013 08:30 |
| Date of electronic submission: | 21.05.2013 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 24.06.2013 |
| Submitted/finalized: | committed by student and finalized |
| Opponents: | PhDr. Miroslav Jindra |
| Guidelines |
| The aim of the thesis is a discussion of visual representations of Sikh religious symbols in Canadian public life, and the ensuing controversies. The issue will be brought into a broader cultural and historical context, as well as in the context of canadian multiculturalism. The analysis of the controversy will based on articles published in canadian media and on selected secondary sources addressing the notion of multiculturalism in Canada. |
| References |
| SINGH, Khushwant. A history of the Sikhs: Volume II : 1839-2004. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999. ROVNÁ, Lenka a Miroslav JINDRA. Dějiny Kanady. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2001, 436 p. TIERNEY, Stephen. Multiculturalism and the Canadian Constitution. Vancouver: UBC Press, c2007, vi, 246 p. Dostupné z:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10275460 TATLA, Darshan Singh. The Sikh diaspora: the search for statehood. Seattle: University of Washington Press, c1999, xiv, 327 s. Dostupné z:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10017531 SIDHU, Dawinder S a Neha Singh GOHIL. Civil rights in wartime: the post-9/11 Sikh experience. Farnham, Surrey [UK]: Ashgate, c2009, xvii, 214 s. Dostupné z:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10350097 COLE, W a Piara Singh SAMBHI. A popular dictionary of sikhism. repr. Richmond: Curzon Press, 1996, 163 s. |