ARTICULO *Este artículo es fruto de los resultados del proyecto Fondecyt F1140598: Antropología del Bosque. Se agradece a Nelson Soto Santibáñez, quien me invitara a sistematizar esta experiencia. Agradezco, además, a los pares evaluadores y a la dirección de la revista por los comentarios que permitieron corregir la version original del texto.
AbstractThe double perspective of ontology and political economy allows analyzing rodeo as an icon of nationality revealing the contradictions that its deployment entails in the class constitution of Chilean society. The appropriation of popular practices associated with animal herding and their incorporation into the national ritual symbolic repertoire, while a means of legitimization of landowners' hegemony, entails the imposition of an ontological model that