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Messinger's The Renegado - Coggle Diagram
Messinger's The Renegado
Massinger's The Renegado offers us an insight into white, British fears about racial, religious, and sexual perils in the Levant. How does the play work to reaffirm or destabilize white, London anxieties about s Mediterranean multiculturalism? How does the play as a play stake out and police certain normalcies? What legacies of such representations do we see today?
identifying and reaffirming white, British fears
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White anxiety/fear that Middle Eastern men are sexually aggressive and scary. (as if white British dudes aren't uhh)
"Ravish her, I dare not: the magic that she wear about her neck. I think, defends her. The devotion paid to this sweet saint, mistress of my sour pain" p. 282
*ravish- To drag off or carry away (a woman) by force or with violence (occasionally also implying subsequent rape)
will not rape her because she wears a CROSS around her neck to show she is pure and innocent (or a saint)
Assumption here is that Christian women do not deserve to be raped or sex trafficked and they are put on a pedestal, but Muslim women, who are taught to cover their bodies in fear of teh male gaze, could be raped and such and it would be justified because they aren't white or Christian andcthey are around "sexually aggressive" men
reinforces the idea of the white savior complex that these countries need western modernization to help them not be savages- also known as the White Man's Burden to convert or assimilate nonwhite countries to attain white people customs and adopt Christianity as main religion
lasting impact
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positive: feminist movements do not promote the discouragement of practicing a religion or covering oneself up if they wish. It is a cultural custom that should be respected. The movement believes a woman should have equal rights to men no matter what nationality or religion they are, and we should not shame women for what they wear/how much they cover up their bodies.
there is still the idea that "the west is best' in religion and civil rights; however, this is hardly case. The west is idolized for having freedoms, and American thinks it is the best. This view of white, Christians being better than Middle East or Muslims is racist, and it clearly has been around for quite some time.
This had lead many white people to fear Muslims, and after 9/11 they were thought of as terrorists. Anyone who looked Middle Eastern or wore a hijab/head scarf was labeled as a terrorist (even children!). Muslim children were tortured and bullied in school because of their religion, and they probably didn't understand where the hate came from.