The Mustang Diaries: A Study of Mexico in Red Dead Redemption 1

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The Mustang Diaries: A Study of Mexico in Red Dead Redemption 1
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Published: Dec 16, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21555/rpc.v4i2.2699
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Aldape, J. . (2022). The Mustang Diaries: A Study of Mexico in Red Dead Redemption 1: . Pan-American Journal of Communication, 4(2), 21–34. https://doi.org/10.21555/rpc.v4i2.2699

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Javier Aldape
Texas A&M University, College Station TX, Hispanic Studies

Abstract

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, narratology and ludology, I intend to highlight the potential for games to not only recreate history but also interact with events and how they can provide new ways of understanding history. I will focus mainly on the Mexican Revolution and the U.S.-Mexico border relations in Rockstar’s epic western: Red Dead Redemption 1.

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Javier Aldape, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, Hispanic Studies

He has worked at Texas A&M University for over 10 years. He is currently the assistant director of the M.S. in Analytics offered by the Mays School of Management. Previously, he was a student representative in the admissions office of the same entity where he was in charge of recruiting students throughout the state of Texas. She is a doctoral student in the Department of Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M and her area of research involves Latino representation in video games. She focuses primarily on how culture is presented in these media through spatiality, soundtrack, gameplay, and narratology.

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