Lenz y Manquilef: la creación de un sujeto étnico

Abstract

Through the discourse analysis of the paratexts present in Manuel Manquilef’s book: “Comentarios del Pueblo Araucano” (1911), this 1 Para correspondencia, dirigirse a: Fernando Ruiz Figueroa (fer.ruiz.f@gmail.com), Barros Arana 452, población Modelo, Puerto Montt. 138 BOLETÍN DE FILOLOGÍA TOMO LV, NÚMERO 2, 2020 study demonstrates how an ideology that relegates Mapuche language and culture to Chilean folklore is expressed. Rodolfo Lenz, as editor of this text, presents himself as the linguistic and editor the leads the reading of Manquilef’s central text, presenting it as the useful raw material for form Chilean national identity.