The ‘idea’ of Mapuche: representations of the indigenous people in Juan Ignacio Molina’s patriotic discourse

Many authors, in the early modern era, speculated on the origins of the indigenous people in the Americas. The article analyses the discourses by which Juan Ignacio Molina (1740-1829) depicts Mapuche, which constitutes a fragment of the ‘idea’ of the natives widespread in Europe. By focusing on the...

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Main Author: Morgana Lisi
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: University of Bologna 2023-06-01
Series:Confluenze
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Online Access:https://confluenze.unibo.it/article/view/15163