Learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
understand what makes the study of the ancient body important for our understanding of ancient society
understand the meaning and significance of key theoretical approaches to bodies (‘habitus’, ‘cultural scripts’)
understand the central role of specific cultural circumstances in the way human societies view and treat the body
display knowledge of some diverging ancient and modern approaches to the body.
OpenLearn - The body in antiquity

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