ARCA2624 - The Ancient Greek Body

Semester 2, 2012  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Alastair John Lacy Blanshard
Phone: +61 2 9036 6018
Email: alastair.blanshard@sydney.edu.au

Description

Reference to the ancient Greek body conjures up images of rippling nude male musculature. But, just as today, the ancient Greek body was a conceptually mutable phenomenon, moulded by the forces of gender, age, ethnicity and socio-economic status. This Unit explores the many manifestations of the ancient Greek body via a consideration of the archaeological, art historical and literary evidence pertaining to oppositional social groups, such as male-female, young-old, slave-free, Greek-non Greek, and rich-poor.

Assessments

1x2hr exam (40%), 1x2500wd essay (50%) and participation (10%)

Classes

2x1-hr lectures/week, 1x1-hr tutorial/week

Prerequisites

12 junior credit points of Archaeology or Ancient History

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