There’s an unpleasant racial subtext to this particular “damsel in distress” image, which links it to previous images like Powers’ The Greek Slave and Delacroix’ Massacre at Chios: white woman menaced by dark hordes.
There’s an unpleasant racial subtext to this particular “damsel in distress” image, which links it to previous images like Powers’ The Greek Slave and Delacroix’ Massacre at Chios: white woman menaced by dark hordes.