SAST 123 - Wives,Courtesans,Nuns

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Staff. Draupadi, Sita, Vasantasena, Kannaki: The literature of ancient India presents unforgettable portraits of many powerful women. In this course we will read their stories and reflect on the culture that imagined them. While focusing on literary representation, we will also be concerned with the roles played by women in historical South Asia, drawing widely on the evidence of art history, ethnography, and archaeological data. Though the majority of ancient Indian texts (in Sanskrit and other languages) were undoubtedly written by and for men, there do exist texts written by female authors, and we will also examine these traces of authentic women's voices.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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