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Featured Course for Fall 2023

CLA 331 GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN ANTIQUITY (3 CR)

MWF 10:00-10:50 Dr. Laura Manning (Lamanning@uky.edu)

A survey of the construction of gender, sexuality, and their relation to and expression in the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. Gender roles, marriage, social problems concerning sex and virginity, and different ways of understanding sexuality and gender in historical contexts are examined through the study of ancient literature, art and the insights of contemporary scholarship. No prerequisites.