The complexities of assimilation in the 1906 Whitechapel Art Gallery exhibition "Jewish art and antiquities"

Author

Steyn, Juliet

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Oxford art journal. 1990, Num. 2, Vol. 13, 44-50

ISSN

0142-6540

Abstract (en)

Analyzes the exhibition catalogue, arguing it presented Jews as capable of being assimilated into British society. Contrasts this attitude to those expressed in contemporary government hearings aimed at restricting alien immigration. Concludes that the purpose of the exhibition was to encourage the so-called uncivilized, foreign-looking, poor and uneducated Jews of London's East End to accept the standards set by the English middle classes, and to make a version of Jewishness which would be compatible with Englishness.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- United Kingdom
• Whitechapel Art Gallery||London (GBR)
• Exhibitions
• Jewish art
• Jews
• Great Britain
• 1900-2000
• Culture
• Society
• Racism
• Poor
• Working classes
• Immigration

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Royaume-Uni
• Whitechapel Art Gallery||London (GBR)
• Exposition
• Juif (art)
• Juifs
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1900-2000
• Culture
• Société
• Racisme
• Pauvres
• Classe ouvrière
• Immigration

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00418956

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