The aim of this article is to consider Italian nation-building in the French protectorate of Tunisia not as a given but as a social and cultural project within Italian-speaking collectivities. This analysis will focus on the Tunisian chapter of the Dante Alighieri Society. The primary purpose of this society was to educate and spread patriotic values among Italian migrants. The society became the main supporter of all Italian educational activities in Tunisia. Since its creation in Tunis in 1893 until the 1920s when the Fascist regime rallied under its rule, the Tunisian chapter of the society was an expression of the power of local elites.
Titolo: | Italianness in Colonial Tunisia Through the Dante Alighieri Society (1893–1920) | |
Autore/i: | Montalbano, Gabriele | |
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Anno: | 2022 | |
Titolo del libro: | Italianness and Migration from the Risorgimento to the 1960s | |
Pagina iniziale: | 75 | |
Pagina finale: | 84 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88964-7_6 | |
Abstract: | The aim of this article is to consider Italian nation-building in the French protectorate of Tunisia not as a given but as a social and cultural project within Italian-speaking collectivities. This analysis will focus on the Tunisian chapter of the Dante Alighieri Society. The primary purpose of this society was to educate and spread patriotic values among Italian migrants. The society became the main supporter of all Italian educational activities in Tunisia. Since its creation in Tunis in 1893 until the 1920s when the Fascist regime rallied under its rule, the Tunisian chapter of the society was an expression of the power of local elites. | |
Data stato definitivo: | 14-mar-2022 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.01 Capitolo / saggio in libro |