Philippine Cartoons: Political

Caricature of the American

Period by Alfred McCoy

Content & Context Analysis

In
RIPH (Readings in Philippine History)

Presented to:

Elena C. Bernabe, MPM, DM-CAR

(Instructor)

Presented by:

Samantha G. Donghit
BSN 1 Queen of Angels
October , 2023
V. McCoy, Political Caricatures Of The American Era

Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the

American Period by Alfred McCoy

Summary of the Topic:

The key idea of the said piece depicted the impact of American
democracy on Philippine society, highlighting issues such as
dynastic politics, patronage, economic disparity, and the transition
from a Catholic Spanish Filipino society to an American assimilated
one.

Context Analysis:

Author’s name: Alfred “AI” William McCoy

Author’s Background: American Historian and Educator. He

specializes in the history of the Philippines, foreign policy of the
United States, European colonization of Southeast Asia, illegal drug
trade, and Central Intelligence Agency covert operations.

Time the piece was created: during the American colonization era
between years 1900-1941
 Content Analysis:

Author’s intent: Alfred McCoy and Artist-writer Alfredo Roces

wanted to expose and publicize political issues in the Philippines
during the American era.

Author’s biases: Despite being an American, McCoy established his

work wanting to speak up in behalf of the Filipino people who were
under the Americans by that specific time being. At same time
revealing the effect of a democratic government initiated by the
Americans

Political cartoons and caricature

are a rather recent art form,
which veered away from the
classical art by exaggerating
human features and poking fun
at its subjects. Cartoon became
an
effective tool of publicizing
opinions through heavy use of
symbolism, which is different
from a
verbose written editorial and
opinion pieces.
Alfred McCoy, together
with Alfred Roces, compiled
political cartoons published in
newspaper dailies and
periodicals in his book
Philippine Cartoons: Political
Caricature of the
American Era (1900 – 1941).
Political cartoons and caricature
are a rather recent art form,
which veered away from the
classical art by exaggerating
human features and poking fun
at its subjects. Cartoon became
an
effective tool of publicizing
opinions through heavy use of
symbolism, which is different
from a
verbose written editorial and
opinion pieces.
Alfred McCoy, together
with Alfred Roces, compiled
political cartoons published in
newspaper dailies and
periodicals in his book
Philippine Cartoons: Political
Caricature of the
American Era (1900 – 1941).
Political cartoons and caricature
are a rather recent art form,
which veered away from the
classical art by exaggerating
human features and poking fun
at its subjects. Cartoon became
an
effective tool of publicizing
opinions through heavy use of
symbolism, which is different
from a
verbose written editorial and
opinion pieces.
Alfred McCoy, together
with Alfred Roces, compiled
political cartoons published in
newspaper dailies and
periodicals in his book
Philippine Cartoons: Political
Caricature of the
American Era (1900 – 1941).
Political cartoons and caricature
are a rather recent art form,
which veered away from the
classical art by exaggerating
human features and poking fun
at its subjects. Cartoon became
an
effective tool of publicizing
opinions through heavy use of
symbolism, which is different
from a
verbose written editorial and
opinion pieces.
Alfred McCoy, together
with Alfred Roces, compiled
political cartoons published in
newspaper dailies and
periodicals in his book
Philippine Cartoons: Political
Caricature of the
American Era (1900 – 1941).
Political cartoons and caricature
are a rather recent art form,
which veered away from the
classical art by exaggerating
human features and poking fun
at its subjects. Cartoon became
an
effective tool of publicizing
opinions through heavy use of
symbolism, which is different
from a
verbose written editorial and
opinion pieces.
 Alfred McCoy, together
with Alfred Roces, compiled
political cartoons published in
newspaper dailies and
periodicals in his book
Philippine Cartoons: Political
Caricature of the
American Era (1900 – 1941).
Political cartoons and caricature are a rather recent art form, which
veered away from the classical art by exaggerating human features
and poking fun at its subjects. Cartoon became an effective tool of
publicizing opinions through heavy use of symbolism, which is
different from a verbose written editorial and opinion pieces.

Alfred McCoy, together with Alfred Roces, compiled political

cartoons published in newspaper dailies and periodicals in his
book Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American
Era (1900 – 1941).
PHILIPPINE CARICATURES
CONCLUSION:

The Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American period paved the
way into establishing a powerful tool towards public awareness and opinion. It
has also opened eyes for Filipinos to see how the Americans fought for
democracy to be implemented in this country. However, the cartoons depicted
political issues during the American government. Now, it holds a special place
alongside other remarkable events that happened in the past that remains in the
hearts of the Filipinos even up to this day.