Abstrakt
The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the reasons that play a role in the choice of a partner among members of the Armenian community in the Czech Republic. Among young Armenians, the topic of choosing a partner is an integral part of family conversations, and of course this is also true for Armenians living abroad, where the choice of a partner has a major impact on the preservation of Armenian ethnicity and identity.
The desire not to mix with other peoples so that the Armenian family remains Armenian leads parents and their offspring to reflect and discuss this topic. The migration flows caused began to lead and still lead to a large number of Armenians finding themselves abroad.
With this came the need to preserve their cultural identity, their cultural heritage and not to forget their roots. The first generation of Armenians who came to the Czech Republic have a completely different view of the future than the generation of their children who were born in the Czech Republic or immigrated at a very young age.
The children's generation is often strongly marked by the environment in which they grew up, and it is difficult for its members to understand a different way of life than what they are used to from their surroundings, even if it is the way of life of their own parents. The children's and parents' ideas of the right way of life are thus very different and come into conflict far more than just the 'normal' clash between two generations.
The basis of the thesis is qualitative research conducted in the form of unstructured interviews with Armenians living in the Czech Republic, focusing on informants of different gender and different generations of immigration. In particular, the study focuses on the criteria by which informants choose partners, whether and why they prefer Armenians or other nationalities, and how they perceive national gender and family stereotypes.