Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece
CLS-STDY 52
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Description
This course will explore ancient Greek ideologies of gender difference and sexuality. Topics will include the mythical "origins" of gender, legal definitions of marriage and adultery, the performance of gender in drama, medical models of sex and childbirth, and representations of same-sex desire across art, poetry, and philosophy. With the help of some important modern theoretical models, we will examine how sexual practices and male and female identities were imagined, formed, reinforced, institutionalized, and resisted during the archaic and classical periods (roughly 800–300 BCE).
Recommended Prep
No prior knowledge of the ancient Greek world is necessary.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Classics, The
Course Component
Seminar
Subject
Classical Studies
Grading Basis
FAS Letter Graded
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Arts and Humanities
Course Level
Primarily for Undergraduate Students
