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This is the authors' accepted manuscript of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by Taylor & Francis, 2018.
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This article looks at the web comments to two video clips posted onYouTube in 2014. One video features the song ‘Sangre Maya’, by PatBoy and El Cima, two Maya rappers from the Yucatán peninsula ofMexico. The other song is called ‘Rap de la Tierra’ and isperformed by Luanko, a Mapuche rapper from Santiago in Chile.First, I discuss significant developments of institutional languagepolicy and planning aiming at the recognition of linguistic andcultural diversity in Mexico and Chile as well as micro-levelgrassroots initiatives that exploit new technologies and rap forlanguage revitalisation purposes. Drawing from the field oflanguage ideologies, I then look at a selection of YouTubecomments generated by these two relatively successful songs anddiscuss the prevailing discourses triggered by these video clips. Iargue that the overwhelmingly positive reaction to the songs,strengthens the ongoing revalorisation process of Yucatec Mayaand Mapudungun and works towards their destigmatisation,especially among youths. Furthermore, I show how the discursivespace generated by these web comments and the languageideologies expressed therein become an arena for broader socialdebates which index the subordinated sociopolitical position ofindigenous peoples in Latin American societies.
Author(s): Cru J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Current Issues in Language Planning
Year: 2018
Volume: 19
Issue: 4
Pages: 434-452
Online publication date: 07/06/2018
Acceptance date: 23/01/2018
Date deposited: 04/03/2020
ISSN (print): 1466-4208
ISSN (electronic): 1747-7506
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2018.1468960
DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2018.1468960
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