PHILIPPINE

CARTOONS:
Political caricature of the american era 1900-1941
ALFRED McCOY ALFREDO ROCES

Matining, Mendoza,
Alfonso, De juan,
Tapic, Gapaz, Bulan,
Obligado, Anore
CONTENTS:
Part one: CONTENT- what is the main idea?

Part teo: CREATOR- Who creates the source?

CONTEXT: what is going on when
Part three: the source is created?

CONNECTION- what is your prior knowledge and

Part four: your newly acquire knowledge

Part five: COMMUNICATION- is the source reliable?

CONCLUSION- how does the source
Part six: contribute to your understanding of the past?
 CONTENT
Since Philippine Cartoons are not just about art
and expressionism, they also serve as a
symbolic representation of American
commitment to the Philippines and reveal some
of the historical facts of what happened that
time. By utilizing dataism, the author of this
book expressed their opinions about the
political and social situation in the Philippines
that lead into a historical commentary.
This cartoon or caricature may seem funny but
the main idea behind this is to speaks more
about the American Era, it gives us from what
happened before, from what the filipino’s
condition for the americans, what really
happened to our country when the americans
came here and how our government changes
because of their influence.
 Creator

The book "Philippine Cartoon: Political
Caricature of the American Era 1900-
1941" was published on January 1, 1985, by
Alfred McCoy and Alfredo Roces.
Alfred W. McCoy, an American historian,
teaches at the University of Wisconsin in
Madison and has written extensively about the
political history of the Philippines. He received
a Doctor of Philosophy in history from Yale
University.
Alfredo Roces, on the other hand, is a writer
and an artist. On April 29, 1932, he was born in
Sta Cruz, Manila. He earned a Bachelor of Fine
Arts degree in painting from the University of
Notre Dame in Indiana, USA, and went on to
become the editor-in-chief of the Filipino
Heritage and the editor of Austral Asia's
quarterly Geographical magazine.)
 CONTEXT

Images of a changing nation

-Lipag Kalabaw, the Independent or the
Philippines free press

The Corruption of a City

-Manila had a significant physical and
cultural transformation during the
American Era
 CONTEXT

-Municipal Hygiene
-determined to transform Manila from a tawdry
Asiatic port into a model metropolis, the Americans
imposed strict sanitation regulations that angered
the Maniletlics.
Memories of the Visit
-First Contact, Manileños found the sudden American
presence disruptive. It was the small things that often
outraged ordinary Filipinos.
 CONTEXT

-Convenient Blindness
-Convenient Blindness is the translation of a
satirical comment on the province's preoccupation
with gambling.

Sack Race in Cavite

-Sack Race in Cavite is satirical commentary on the
victory of Nacionalista Party candida Rafael Palma over
the Progresista
 CONTEXT

Regatta in Batangas
Regattas in Batangas celebrate the sweeping
victory of the nationalist

Why the Aparcerro Rebels

-Tenant Farmer Rebels shows the forms of landlord
usury used to strip tenant farmers of their rightful
share of the harvest.
 CONTEXT

A New Wrinkle in the Art of Thieving

-A New Wrinkle in the Art of Thieving shows
city capitalists using the Torrens title process, which
required relinquishment of customary claims to issue
clear titles, to grab lands in Nueva Ecija and other Central
Luzon provinces.

The Calamity of the Moment

-The Calamity of the Moment depicts the serpent-like
pacto de retro cenia, a form of farm mortgage cornrnon in
Central Luzon, depriving peasant farmers of their lands.
 CONTEXT

Ang Dato, Datoon ang Kabus, Kabusan

Ang Dato, Datoon; Ang Kabus, Kabuson (The Rich
Get Richer and the Poor Poorer) shows the sugar
industry feasting upon lavish credit while the rice
industry languishes

-The Great Struggle Has Begun: Who Will Win?

-In this battle the Chinese merchant hurls a gaata
measure at Filipino farmers, bitter commentary on the
reputation of Chinese buyers for using false measures
to cheat producers.
 CONTEXT

Free Press
-One of the most insensitive outbursts in its colonial I
publishing history, the Free Press, then American-owned,
mocked Senator Lope K. Santos introduced a bill
requiring all mountain people to wear lowland dress and
change their names or be imprisoned for 30 days to five
years

Rizal Day Celebration

-The Rizal Day Celebration of December 1907 was
considered by the Manila press as the "best parade" ever
staged.
 CONTEXT

After Election
-During elections Nacionalista speakers roused the
masses with visions of immediate, unconditional
independence. Often they attacked the American
colonial regime in the strongest possible terms.

Necessary Election
suffrage for women was another issue facing nationalists
 CONTEXT

Sons of the One Mather County

-Sons of the One Mother Country reacting to a report in
the Cebu City press, The Independent denounced the
formation of a "Society of Mestizos" in an unnamed
Negros town.

There is No Doubting the Lesson

-During the 1921 tour of the Leonard Wood-Cameron
Forbes mission, several delegations of Ifugao and Igorot
tribesmen from Mountain Province met the mission to
declare their support for a continuing colonialism.
 CONTEXT

Peeping into the Eye of the Key

-The cartoon was inspired by publication of a letter from
unionist Jose T. Santiago
The Colonial Condition
-Most friars had arrested and confiscated their lands.

Uncle Sam and Little Juan

-Uncle Sam, represents a male seductive colonial executive
who pays to buy maiden Filipinas who had to sell
themselves cheaply.
-Juan appeared in Lipag-Kalabaw as a proud peasant.
 CONTEXT

-The Aliens in our Midst

-Friar Deceit – shows a grotesque Spaniard using his
blandishments on the personification of Filipinas.
-Symbolizing the Filipino people, Juan reminds Filipinas
to look in the Book ofHistory and not forget the victims of
the friars.
The Political Pageant
-Quezon won a seat in a senate and became its first
president.
-Osmeña accepted a secondary position in the senate
-Manuel Roxas, Quezon's young protege, replaced Osmeña
as House Speaker.
 CONNECTION

prior knowledge and newly acquire knowledge

The Philippine Cartoons are all about politics, government,

economics and many more. Political Caricatures of the American Era is
a collection of political cartoons from the Philippines that shows how
these cartoons came to fully depict national opinions toward American
immigration as well as the times' shifting mores and customs. This
book's 377 cartoons speak for itself,
 Communication
Political cartoons are visual main sources that
provide fascinating and amazing perspectives
further into political climate, an era’s
fundamental presumptions, and opinions
regarding important developments or
phenomena. Political cartoons have provided
a valuable glimpse into history since the 18th
century.
The drawback of graphics is that they
exaggerate and reduce difficult
significant context. They are frequently
driven by politics and do not even try
at impartial, unbiased reports.
Individuals are also occasionally
biased. These may represent the views
of a newspaper’s audience
 CONCLUSION

In the Philippines during the American Era, political issues were mostly
highlighted and made public through cartoons and caricature. The political
inequalities and repression of political dissidents in the administration at the
time are highlighted by the interpretation of these cartoons. His thorough
research in America and Philippine archives give him a thorough base from
expressing opinion.
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