GENDER M128Roots of Patriarchy: Ancient Goddesses and Heroines
Gender Studies · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Same as Honors Collegium M118.) Examination of ancient goddesses and heroines—European, Neolithic, Near Eastern, Celtic, Scandinavian, Balto-Slavic, Indo-Iranian, and Greco-Roman—using translations of ancient texts, archaeological evidence, and feminist methodology in order to discover implications of ancient patriarchy on modern society.
P/NP or letter grading.
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