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Political Caricature of The American Era by Alfred Mccoy

This document discusses political caricatures and editorial cartoons from the Philippines during the American colonial era from 1900 to 1941. It explains that cartoons were used as a form of protest against colonial rule and a way to express nationalist sentiments. The period saw the growth of Filipino newspapers and press which provided an outlet for cartoons that criticized policies and Americanization efforts. The cartoons provide an evocative record of the colonial period in Philippines history and the transition from Spanish to American colonial tutelage.

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Political Caricature of The American Era by Alfred Mccoy

This document discusses political caricatures and editorial cartoons from the Philippines during the American colonial era from 1900 to 1941. It explains that cartoons were used as a form of protest against colonial rule and a way to express nationalist sentiments. The period saw the growth of Filipino newspapers and press which provided an outlet for cartoons that criticized policies and Americanization efforts. The cartoons provide an evocative record of the colonial period in Philippines history and the transition from Spanish to American colonial tutelage.

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POLITICAL CARICATURE

AMERICAN ERA 1900-1941


Philippine Cartoons: political Caricatures
of the American era, 1900-1941

 A political cartoon, a type of editorial cartoon, it


is a graphic with caricatures of public figure,
expressing the artist opinion.
 Gained full expression during the American era.
 Filipino artist recorded national attitudes towards
the coming of the American.
 Viewed from the vantage point of half century
and more this political cartoons are evocative
record of half-forgotten history.
 For those who drew and published them, this
cartoons were simultaneously a mirror of their
society’s colonial condition’ and act protest’ a
weapon in the struggle of social reform.
 Cartoons play a role in the political discourse of
society that provides for freedom of speech and
of the press.
DURING THE AMERICAN ERA
 The four decades of American colonial rule were a
formative period in the Philippine history.
 The Philippine move forward from an
authoritarian Spanish regime to autonomy and
freedom.
 Under U.S colonial tutelage, the Philippine
experienced a process of Americanization and
modernization that has left a lasting legacy.
 Even at first contact in the 16th century, the
Spanish conquistadors found that Filipino
possessed a sophisticated material, culture and a
complex society.
 At the close to Spanish era in 1898, the Philippine
already had substantial cities, a thriving export
agriculture, and strong church and state
structures. The revolution defeat of the Spanish
empire in 1898 is an ample testimony to the
sophistication of Filipino society.
 Like the nationalist the Philippine press
established itself during the decade following the
American invasion of 1898. it was the time of
remarkable ferment and cultural creativity.
 Censorship laws after the end of military rule
1901 provided and outlet for their protest.
 The Spanish Comision permanente de censura
simply banned all Filipino creativity, American
press control were much more flexible.
 Spanish censorhip simply banned any non-religious
Filipino publication and made it impossible to even
consider opening a newspaper in late 19th century
manila
 Manilas first Spanish daily newspaper began
publishing in 1846.
 The Filipino gained their earliest editorial experience
as propagandist in Madrid or a newspaper publisher
for the revolution in 1898-99.
 The first Filipino daily newspaper, La Independencia,
appeared. Published clandestinely in Manila, the
paper was directed by Antonio Luna.
ALFRED W. MCCOY

 Dr. ALFRED W. McCOY IS A PROFFESOR OF HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF


WISCONSIN MADISON, WHERE HE ALSO SERVES AS A DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER
FOR SE ASIAN STUDIES. HE SPENT THE PAST QUARTER-CENTURY WRITING
ABOUT THE POLITICS AND THE HISTORY OF THE OPIUM TRADE.
 BIRTH: 1945
 CITIZENSHIP: MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A.
SOURCES

 PRIMARY SOURCE
Alfred McCoy, Political caricatures of the American Era (Editorial cartoons)
 SECONDARY SOURCE
Philippine from 1900-1915-----political cartoons
Political Cartoons | Britannica.com

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