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.
Italianness in Colonial Tunisia Through the Dante Alighieri Society (1893–1920)
Montalbano, Gabriele
2022
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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
