HUMAN ZOO: THE HEGEMONIZATION OF ‘GAZE’

Most people of our generation is completely unaware of the existence of human zoos and the human exhibits who performed in them. This paper will delve deep in to the pathetic trajectory of their lives and how they became part of these ‘freak shows', which once entertained millions of people over the world. This article will spot light on these mitigated and insignificant characters of human history, who were denied portrayal and life for the other half's betterment. Their negotiation of identities, their displacement, their marginalization, their generalization and their eventual corrosion in the history of time, will only be remembered as ‘savage', ‘uncivilized' and ‘brutish'.