The revolt of 1864 in Tunisia history, power, and memory /
Marsans-Sakly, Silvia
The revolt of 1864 in Tunisia history, power, and memory / [Ressource électronique] : by Silvia Marsans-Sakly - (389 p.)
Ph. D. : Middle East and Islamic studies : New York University : 2010
Bibliogr. p. 359-389
The search for this story began, oddly enough with the description of a Kabyle house in a book about Egypt.1 While in graduate school, the talk in academic circles centered on coloniality, the post-colonial moment, and the Ŗendŗ of history. It left me wondering how we could write about the pre-colonial without falling into the teleological trap of treating the period as a blank slate, an unchanging type, or the antechamber to both colonialism and nationalism. The search for topics in pre-colonial Tunisia led me to the brief constitutional reform era, probably the most discussed period in Tunisian history. Repeatedly, I ran into persistent but vague references to Ŗthe eventsŗ of 1864 which abruptly ended the constitutional experiment. As I read backward into the historiography, the Ŗrevoltŗ became a Ŗrevolutionŗ and then a protracted civil war among tribes that had killed twenty per cent of the population. The verdict was clear: a traditionally-minded populace rose up against the tide of history, violently rejecting state-imposed reforms and technological innovations. Yet I perceived that this event would prove illuminating for understanding pre-colonial loyalties and social structure. When I arrived in country, it seemed everyone knew something about 1864. Not only that, the topic had The search for this story began, oddly enough with the description of a Kabyle house in a book about Egypt.1 While in graduate school, the talk in academic circles centered on coloniality, the post-colonial moment, and the Ŗendŗ of history. It left me wondering how we could write about the pre-colonial without falling into the teleological trap of treating the period as a blank slate, an unchanging type, or the antechamber to both colonialism and nationalism. The search for topics in pre-colonial Tunisia led me to the brief constitutional reform era, probably the most discussed period in Tunisian history. Repeatedly, I ran into persistent but vague references to Ŗthe eventsŗ of 1864 which abruptly ended the constitutional experiment. As I read backward into the historiography, the Ŗrevoltŗ became a Ŗrevolutionŗ and then a protracted civil war among tribes that had killed twenty per cent of the population. The verdict was clear: a traditionally-minded populace rose up against the tide of history, violently rejecting state-imposed reforms and technological innovations. Yet I perceived that this event would prove illuminating for understanding pre-colonial loyalties and social structure. When I arrived in country, it seemed everyone knew something about 1864. Not only that, the topic had
INSURRECTION
NATIONALISME
PERIODE PRECOLONIALE
TUNISIE
961.101
The revolt of 1864 in Tunisia history, power, and memory / [Ressource électronique] : by Silvia Marsans-Sakly - (389 p.)
Ph. D. : Middle East and Islamic studies : New York University : 2010
Bibliogr. p. 359-389
The search for this story began, oddly enough with the description of a Kabyle house in a book about Egypt.1 While in graduate school, the talk in academic circles centered on coloniality, the post-colonial moment, and the Ŗendŗ of history. It left me wondering how we could write about the pre-colonial without falling into the teleological trap of treating the period as a blank slate, an unchanging type, or the antechamber to both colonialism and nationalism. The search for topics in pre-colonial Tunisia led me to the brief constitutional reform era, probably the most discussed period in Tunisian history. Repeatedly, I ran into persistent but vague references to Ŗthe eventsŗ of 1864 which abruptly ended the constitutional experiment. As I read backward into the historiography, the Ŗrevoltŗ became a Ŗrevolutionŗ and then a protracted civil war among tribes that had killed twenty per cent of the population. The verdict was clear: a traditionally-minded populace rose up against the tide of history, violently rejecting state-imposed reforms and technological innovations. Yet I perceived that this event would prove illuminating for understanding pre-colonial loyalties and social structure. When I arrived in country, it seemed everyone knew something about 1864. Not only that, the topic had The search for this story began, oddly enough with the description of a Kabyle house in a book about Egypt.1 While in graduate school, the talk in academic circles centered on coloniality, the post-colonial moment, and the Ŗendŗ of history. It left me wondering how we could write about the pre-colonial without falling into the teleological trap of treating the period as a blank slate, an unchanging type, or the antechamber to both colonialism and nationalism. The search for topics in pre-colonial Tunisia led me to the brief constitutional reform era, probably the most discussed period in Tunisian history. Repeatedly, I ran into persistent but vague references to Ŗthe eventsŗ of 1864 which abruptly ended the constitutional experiment. As I read backward into the historiography, the Ŗrevoltŗ became a Ŗrevolutionŗ and then a protracted civil war among tribes that had killed twenty per cent of the population. The verdict was clear: a traditionally-minded populace rose up against the tide of history, violently rejecting state-imposed reforms and technological innovations. Yet I perceived that this event would prove illuminating for understanding pre-colonial loyalties and social structure. When I arrived in country, it seemed everyone knew something about 1864. Not only that, the topic had
INSURRECTION
NATIONALISME
PERIODE PRECOLONIALE
TUNISIE
961.101