In the nineteenth century, fancy dress activities and their material record formed part of the mise-en-scène of the Jewish elite’s self-fashioning. Family photographs and press reports of Jews in costume cast new light on the visualization of wealthy Jews. These Jews actively participated in the fancy dress culture of the elites, a popular form of cultural expression that was deemed a powerful way to convey social messages. In the British Empire, Europe, and North America, affluent Jews negotiated their feelings of solidarity and difference among non-Jews. They explored and articulated their self-image and group identity by appropriating others’ history and culture in public and private dressing-up amusements. Fancy dress, this article argues, enabled Jews to question who they wanted to be and communicate their desires to their Jewish and non-Jewish peers.

在 19 世纪，化装活动及其物质记录构成了犹太精英自我塑造的舞台布景的一部分。犹太人穿着古装的家庭照片和新闻报道为富有的犹太人的形象化提供了新的视角。这些犹太人积极参与精英的化装文化，这是一种流行的文化表达形式，被认为是传达社会信息的有力方式。在大英帝国、欧洲和北美，富裕的犹太人在非犹太人之间协商他们的团结和差异感。他们通过在公共和私人打扮娱乐中挪用他人的历史和文化来探索和阐明自己的自我形象和群体身份。化装，这篇文章认为，