Jaume Ayats Andmaria Salicru´-Maltas

Bio: Jaume Ayats Andmaria Salicru´-Maltas is an academic researcher. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 3 citations.

Bilingual rapping in Yucatán, Mexico: strategic choices for Maya language legitimation and revitalisation

Abstract: This paper explores the sociolinguistic practices of a group of young bilingual rappers in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Against the background of ongoing language shift to Spanish in the region, the language choices of a group of Maya youths involved in Hip Hop culture and their agency as policy-makers at the grassroots level is analysed. While language mixing and hybridisation are everyday communicative practices for Maya speakers, rapping either completely in Maya or in a clear-cut alternation between Spanish and Maya is a conscious strategy for language promotion among these youths. I argue that the language choices in their music performances, which are underpinned by an essentialist outlook on language contact, accrue authenticity and legitimacy to Maya and can ultimately work towards the revitalisation of this language.

“Voy a empeñar la Edad de Oro”: Historia, música y política en la crisis española (2011–2016)

Abstract: Spain's current economic and social crisis has involved a profound reappraisal of the country's history, institutions, and official narratives, especially after the emergence of the 15M or indignados movement in 2011. A crucial example of this shift has been the widespread criticism of Spain's “Transition to Democracy” or Transicion, widely considered Spain's “foundational” narrative. In this article, a series of examples from the musical field—including essays, songs, and public uses of music—are studied and contextualized in order to analyze different interpretations and critiques of the Transicion developed by artists, intellectuals, and politicians who took part in the 15M or have been influenced by its “climate” (Fernandez Savater). In these examples, two complementary trends are identified: on the one hand, an intention to reclaim part of the Transicion's collective mood through its musical symbols; on the other, a rejection of its political legacy, as expressed in criticisms of its musical ...

“L’estaca:” Transnational Trajectories of a Catalan Antifascist Song

Abstract: This article focuses on the song “L’estaca,” which was composed in 1968 by Catalan songwriter Lluis Llach and became emblematic of the struggle against the Francoist dictatorship. I trace the ways ...