Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Middle Eastern Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
57,1 (2021) 37-56
Keywords:
American Colony (Jerusalem)
;
Christian Herald (Firm)
;
Photography Social aspects
;
Charities
;
Orphanages
;
World War, 1914-1918 Influence
;
Jerusalem (Israel) History 1917-1948, British Mandate period
;
Eretz Israel Social conditions 1917-1929
Abstract:
This article uncovers the short history of the American Colony Christian Herald Orphanage, operating in Jerusalem following the First World War. Hosting around 36 Christian and Muslim girls, the orphanage relied on the financial support of the American-based Christian Herald newspaper. Through the close analysis of this institution, and the comparison with a Jewish orphanage in Jerusalem, the article will critically discuss the links between humanitarianism and photography. The sources used are an annotated photograph album documenting life in the Orphanage, as well as the Record Book documenting the girls who received support through the orphanage. Using these visual materials, the article addresses the ways photographs were used as part of fund-raising, missionary work and relief efforts in the context of Mandatory Jerusalem, and discusses the complex relationship between the orphan girl, the donor who supports her, and the way this relationship is constructed in the photograph.
DOI:
10.1080/00263206.2020.1811971
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