POLITICAL CARICATURES OF THE AMERICAN ERA PPT Group 4

*POLITICAL CARICATURES
OF THE AMERICAN ERA

*(1900-1941) ALFRED W. MCCOY
*WHAT IS CARICATURE?
*The word caricature comes from the Italian
words “carico” and “caricare”, means “to
load” or to “exaggerate”.
−A picture, description,or imitation of a
person in which certain striking
characteristics are exaggerated in order to
create a comic or grotesque effects .
−Can be insulting or complimentary and can
serve a political purpose or be drawn solely
for entertainment.
*
AUTHOR'S BACKGROUND
NAME: Alfred W. McCoy
AGE: 72 years old
BIRTHDAY: June 8, 1945
BIRTHPLACE: Massachusetts, U.S.A
OCCUPATION: Educator (Harrington Professor of History)

University of Wisconsin-Madison
CITIZENSHIP: American
KNOWN FOR: Political Caricatures of the American Era
•Alfred W. McCoy is a professor of History at the University of

Wisconsin were he also serve as Director of Center Foro
Southeast Asian Studies - specialized in Philippine Political
History and Global Opium Trafficking.
• He spent the last chapter of his life writing about the politics and
history of the Opium Trade.
PHILIPPINE CARTOONS: POLITICAL
CARICATURE OF THE AMERICAN ERA
(1900-1941)
• Modern art form that turned away from classical art by
exaggerating human features and prodding fun at it's
subjects.
• It is also known as editorial cartoon that expresses artist

opinion toward certain issues.
• This art became part of the print media as a form of

political and social commentary that usually pin point the
person's power and authority. It is a unique way to present
ideas and capture the audience or readers imagination.
PHILIPPINE CARTOONS: POLITICAL CARICATURE OF THE AMERICAN
ERA (1900-1941)
• A book by Alfred McCoy and Alfred Roces.
• A compilation of some political cartoons that were published in newspapers

dailies.
• Show the transition from the Spanish colonial period to the American
Occupation Period.
• Also demonstrate the different strands of changes and shift in Philippine

culture, society, and Politics.
• Philippine Catholic Mass Media Award, best Book of the year for 1985.
• Philippine National Book Award for History, for 1986.
• Gintong Aklat Award (MANILA)special citation for History

1897.
• Shadow of the American Century: The rise and the
decline od U.S Global Power, 2017.
•Policing America's Empire: The United States, The

Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillances State
(2009).
•Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia-A Classic Work

on Drug Trafficking (blocked by C.I.A. But Remained
in Print for more than 50 years and translated to 9
languages
HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDOF "POLITICAL CARICATURE
OF THE AMERICAN ERA" (EDITORIAL CARTOONS)
∙During the American era, Philippine political cartoons gained

full expression during the American era. Filipino artists
recorded national attitudes toward the coming of the
Americans as well as the changing mores and time
• While the 377 cartoons compiled in this book speak for

themselves, historian Alfred McCoy's extensive research in
Philippine and American archives provides a comprehensive
background not only to the cartoons but to the turbulent
period as well.
CONTENT PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
•The characters to emphasize on the "good side" are shown

in normal features while the "bad" emaciated, leering,
laughing creatures, more on animal features than human,
e.g. Chinese men in the cartoon editorial "Is the Police Force
Bribed?"
•The artists, using their cartoons, illustrated not just their
opinions, but broad image of the Philippines under the US.
•The transition from Spanish Colonial period to American

Occupation shows different changes as well as in culture,
society, and politics. The drastic introduction of democracy
to a nation not properly oriented about it and its
consequences are far from ideal. Thus, it ushered free
press. The rich remained affluent and powerful, while the
poor people remained poor, desperate, and victims of state
repression
* HISTORICAL
INFORMAMTIONS
* Depicts the first of manila's periodic police
scandals. The cartoonist, Fernando Amorsolo
gives the illustration a usual racist edge.
*This drawn by Fernando
Amorsolo and was
aimed as a commentary
to the workings of
manila police at that
period
*
* THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING

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*POLITICAL CARICATURES

OF THE AMERICAN ERA

NAME: Alfred W. McCoy

AGE: 72 years old

BIRTHDAY: June 8, 1945

BIRTHPLACE: Massachusetts, U.S.A

OCCUPATION: Educator (Harrington Professor of History)

KNOWN FOR: Political Caricatures of the American Era

•Alfred W. McCoy is a professor of History at the University of

CARICATURE OF THE AMERICAN ERA

• It is also known as editorial cartoon that expresses artist

• This art became part of the print media as a form of

• A book by Alfred McCoy and Alfred Roces.

• A compilation of some political cartoons that were published in newspapers

• Also demonstrate the different strands of changes and shift in Philippine

• Philippine National Book Award for History, for 1986.

• Gintong Aklat Award (MANILA)special citation for History

•Policing America's Empire: The United States, The

•Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia-A Classic Work

∙During the American era, Philippine political cartoons gained

• While the 377 cartoons compiled in this book speak for

•The characters to emphasize on the "good side" are shown

•The transition from Spanish Colonial period to American

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