Définir ce qu’est être Tunisien. Litiges autour de la nationalité de Nessim Scemama (1873-1881)

This essay explores the conflicts that arose around the nationality of Nessim Scemama, a prominent Jewish servant of the Ottoman governors of Tunis, who died in Italy in 1873. Throughout this episode, various historical players among statesmen and among Scemama’s heirs tried to identify Nessim uniqu...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f1ee5e902e1a4ce582de1e11789213942021-12-02T10:06:40ZDéfinir ce qu’est être Tunisien. Litiges autour de la nationalité de Nessim Scemama (1873-1881)0997-13272105-227110.4000/remmm.9005https://doaj.org/article/f1ee5e902e1a4ce582de1e11789213942015-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/remmm/9005https://doaj.org/toc/0997-1327https://doaj.org/toc/2105-2271This essay explores the conflicts that arose around the nationality of Nessim Scemama, a prominent Jewish servant of the Ottoman governors of Tunis, who died in Italy in 1873. Throughout this episode, various historical players among statesmen and among Scemama’s heirs tried to identify Nessim uniquely either as a Tunisian or as an Italian. This case study shows that in the 1870s, on the eve of the establishment of the French protectorate over Tunisia (1881), Tunisian nationality was still a category that had to be shaped. The study raises the question of the concrete definition of nationality as a legal notion within pre-colonial Tunisia. What characterized Tunisianness? Who drew the lines and the features of such a legal affiliation to the Tunisian State and according to what criteria?Fatma Ben SlimaneUniversité de ProvencearticleTunisiaItalyJewsnationalityOttoman reformsConsular protectionHistory of AfricaDT1-3415Social sciences (General)H1-99ENFRRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, Vol 137, Pp 31-48 (2015)
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topic Tunisia
Italy
Jews
nationality
Ottoman reforms
Consular protection
History of Africa
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Social sciences (General)
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Italy
Jews
nationality
Ottoman reforms
Consular protection
History of Africa
DT1-3415
Social sciences (General)
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Fatma Ben Slimane
Définir ce qu’est être Tunisien. Litiges autour de la nationalité de Nessim Scemama (1873-1881)
description This essay explores the conflicts that arose around the nationality of Nessim Scemama, a prominent Jewish servant of the Ottoman governors of Tunis, who died in Italy in 1873. Throughout this episode, various historical players among statesmen and among Scemama’s heirs tried to identify Nessim uniquely either as a Tunisian or as an Italian. This case study shows that in the 1870s, on the eve of the establishment of the French protectorate over Tunisia (1881), Tunisian nationality was still a category that had to be shaped. The study raises the question of the concrete definition of nationality as a legal notion within pre-colonial Tunisia. What characterized Tunisianness? Who drew the lines and the features of such a legal affiliation to the Tunisian State and according to what criteria?
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author Fatma Ben Slimane
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title Définir ce qu’est être Tunisien. Litiges autour de la nationalité de Nessim Scemama (1873-1881)
title_short Définir ce qu’est être Tunisien. Litiges autour de la nationalité de Nessim Scemama (1873-1881)
title_full Définir ce qu’est être Tunisien. Litiges autour de la nationalité de Nessim Scemama (1873-1881)
title_fullStr Définir ce qu’est être Tunisien. Litiges autour de la nationalité de Nessim Scemama (1873-1881)
title_full_unstemmed Définir ce qu’est être Tunisien. Litiges autour de la nationalité de Nessim Scemama (1873-1881)
title_sort définir ce qu’est être tunisien. litiges autour de la nationalité de nessim scemama (1873-1881)
publisher Université de Provence
publishDate 2015
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