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Subverting the Gaze

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In Chapter Two: Subverting the Gaze, Lee examines how museums have served as historical extensions of European and North American colonial projects. Topics discussed include the neutral aesthetic of museums, the glorification of Eurocentrism and whiteness through museums, museum as celebrations of imperial nations, and the rise of natural history museums and the ethno-spectacle of nineteenth-century fairs and exhibitions.

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Shimrit Lee

Shimrit Lee is a writer, curator, and educator. Her research lies at the intersection of visual and cultural studies, postcolonial theory, and critical security studies. Her essays and reviews have been published in a number of cultural journals and art magazines. She completed her PhD in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU in 2019, and currently teaches at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.