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Author Scaglioni, Marta, author

Title Becoming the 'Abid : lives and social origins in Southern Tunisia / Marta Scaglioni
Edition Prima edizione
Published Milano - Italy : Ledizioni, maggio 2020

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Description 257 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Summary In 2011, after a popular uprising overthrew President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, several issues came to the fore in Tunisia: among them was racism targeting "black" individuals. The few black rights organizations that emerged managed to obtain passage of a law punishing racist acts and words in October 2019. This historic step stems from Tunisia's foreseeing policy concerning human and civil rights. In 1846, Tunisia was the first country in the Ottoman Empire and the Middle Eastern world to abolish slavery and the slave trade. Becoming the 'Abid addresses the legacy of slavery in a southern Tunisian governorate, where racism towards "black" individuals is still a painful experience and takes the form of professional, educational, and marital discrimination. Referring to the concept of structural inequality, the book goes beyond the simplistic idea that race is limited to phenotype; instead, it distances itself from Western racial concepts and highlights how processes of racialization are contextual, processual, and changing constructions--Back cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-241)
Subject Blacks -- Tunisia -- Social conditions
Blacks -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Tunisia
Blacks -- Civil rights -- Tunisia
Blacks -- Race Identity -- Tunisia -- History
Racism -- Tunisia -- History
Slavery -- Tunisia -- History
LC no. 2020393309
ISBN 9788855261975