A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred

McCoy Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-1941)

ALFRED MCCOY

. Alfred ‘Al’ William McCoy is an American historian and

educator.
Born on June 8, 1945
Citizenship: Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
He is the Fred Harvey Harrington Professor of History at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also served as
Director of Center for Southeast Asian Studies
He specializes in Philippines Political History and Global Opium
Trafficking
He spent the past quarter of his life writing about the politics
and history

Works of Alfred McCoy:

Philippine Cartoons: Cartoon Political Caricature of the
American Era
Policing American’s Empire: The United States, The Philippines,
and Rise of the Surveillance State (2009)
 Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asian- 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

Definition of Terms
Political

-po.lit.i.cal- Relating to the government or the public affairs of

a country
Caricature
Car.ica-ture- A picture ,description, or imitation of a person in
which certain striking cahracteriscits are exaggerated in order
to create a comic grotesque effect

Here are some example of Caricature ; So we will be seeing or

we can see a caricature or cartoons that exaggerating human
faces, these are used as a symbol and able for the creator to
project certain ideas and commentaries based on social and
political issues in acertain period or a certain time