Not the Classical Ideal, Athens and the Construction of the Other in Greek Art, 2000, 560 p., 170 ill., br. -

Ancient Greece is characterized by a vision of reality in which a pre-eminent human type is defined in opposition to non-ideal "others". The social structure of democratic Athens priviliged male citizens, while marginalizing women, resident aliens, and slaves. Across a broad spectrum of classical Greek imagery, this anthology provides an investigation of this "otherness". Their methodologies ranging from traditional avant-garde, an international cast of authors develops a nuanced picture of "otherness", the visual criteria that denote it, and its social and political functions in regard to gender, class, and ethnicity.