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    The Mustang Diaries: un estudio de México en Red Dead Redemption 1
    (Universidad Panamericana, Escuela de Comunicación, 2022)
    Aldape, Javier
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    Universidad Panamericana. Campus Ciudad de México. Escuela de Comunicación
    Can a form of play be used to portray the past in popular culture? Can a person engage in such an act and acquire agency of a particular time in history? Play constitutes many forms—but for the sake of this paper, it will be used in the context of video games. Using the two main schools of thought for the study of these, nar-ratology and ludology, I intend to highlight the potential for games to not only recreate history but also inter-act with events and how they can provide new ways of understanding history. I will focus mainly on the Mexi-can Revolution and the U.S.-Mexico border relations in Rockstar’s epic western: Red Dead Redemption 1
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    Exploring affect, identity, and populism in and around Todd Phillips’ Joker
    (Universidad Panamericana, Escuela de Comunicación, 2022)
    Sreepada, Nihar
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    Universidad Panamericana. Campus Ciudad de México. Escuela de Comunicación
    Cultural identity has become a fluid concept in which several positionalities converge; most of them are influenced greatly by popular culture, causing a con-stant individual negotiation between their real lives and the image on the screen. In 2019, Todd Phillips’s Joker achieved worldwide success not only at the box office but also in critical appraisal. Unlike previous representations of this villain as a disruptive social persona, Jok-er showed the main character as a political figure that gives agency and voice to the people who are socially repressed. The impact of this representation transcended Anglo cultures to the extent of symbolizing a popu-list uprising and a growing anti-government sentiment. Nevertheless, this figure’s appropriation brings two problematic ideological standpoints to the goal these groups aim: violence as the only alternative to restoring equality in society and color blindness that silences the struggles that cultures face depending on their context
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