• To familiarize oneself with the primary documents
in different historical periods of the Philippines;
• To learn history through primary sources;
• To properly interpret primary sources through
examining the content and context of the
document; and
• To understand the context behind each selected
documents.
A Glance at Selected
Philippine Political Caricature in
Alfred McCoy’s Philippine
Cartoons: Political Caricature of
the American Era (1900-1941)
A Glance at Selected
Philippine Political
Caricature in Alfred
McCoy’s Philippine
Cartoons: Political
Caricature of the
American Era (1900-
1941)
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-1941)
ALFRED W. MCCOY
June 8, 1945, in Massachusetts, U.S.A.
A professor of History at the University of
Wisconsin where he also served as Director
of Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
Specialized in Philippine Political History
and Global Opium Trafficking.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
ALFRED W. MCCOY
He spent the past quarter of his life writing about
the politics and history of the Opium Trade.
Awards Earned:
Philippine Catholic Mass Media Award, Best book of
the Year for 1985.
Philippine National Book Award for History 1986.
Gintong Aklat Award (Manila) Special Citation for
History, 1987.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
ALFRED W.
MCCOY
Other Popular Works
Shadows of the American
Century: The Rise and Decline of
U.S. Global Power, 2017, and
Policing America’s Empire: The
United States, the Philippines,
and the Rise of the Surveillance
State (2009)
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
WHAT IS POLITICAL CARTOONS
AND CARITURE?
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
What is Political Cartoons and
Caricature?
- It is an art form which veered away from the
classical art by exaggerating human features and
poking fun at its subjects.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
Such art of genre and technique became a part of the
print media as a form of social and political
commentary, which usually target persons of power and
authority.
Cartoons became as effective tool of publicizing
opinions through heavy use of symbolism, which is
different from a verbose written editorial and opinion
pieces.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
Commentary in mass media inevitably shape public
opinion and such king of opinion is worthy of historical
examination.
In his book Philippine cartoons: Political Cartoon of
the American Era (1900-1941), Alfred McCoy,
together with Alfredo Roces, compiled political cartoons
published in newspaper dailies and periodical in the
time.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
For this part, we are going to look at
selected cartoons and explain the
context of each one.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
The first example shown below was published in The
Independent on May 20, 1916.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
The cartoon shows a
politician from Tondo
named Dr. Santos,
passing his crown to his
brother-in-law named Dr.
Barcelona.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
A Filipino guy (as
depicted wearing salakot
and barong tagalog) was
trying to Dr. Santos,
telling the latter to stop
giving Dr. Barcelona the
crown because it is not
his time to begin with.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
The second cartoon was also published by The Independent on
June 16, 1917. drawn by Fernando Amorsolo.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
The cartoon was aimed
as a commentary to the
workings of Manila Police
at the period.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
We can see a Filipino
child who stole a skinny
chicken because he had
nothing to eat.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
The police officer was
relentlessly pursuing the
said child.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
A man wearing a
salakot, labeled Juan de
la Crus was grabbing the
officer, telling him to
leave the small-time
pickpockets and thieves
and to turn at the great
thieves instead.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
The Philippine free Press
published this
commentary when fatal
accidents involving
colorum vehicles and taxis
occurred to often already.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
This fourth cartoon depicts a cinema. Two youngsters
looked while an older couple seemed amused.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
A blown-up police officer
was at the screen saying
that couples are not allowed
to neck and make love in
the theather.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred
McCoy’s Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American
Era (1900-1941)
The fifth cartoon was published by The Independent
on November 27, 1915.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
In the picture shown
below, we can see the
caricature of Uncle Sam
riding a chariot pulled by
Filipinos wearing school
uniforms.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
McCoy, in his caption to the
said cartoon says that this
cartoon was based on an event
in 1907 when William
Howard Taft was brought to
the Manila pier riding a chariot
pulled by student of Liceo de
Manila. Such was condemned
by the nationalist at that time.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
The sixth cartoon was published by Lipang kalabaw on
August 24, 1907.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
In the picture shown below,
we can see Uncle Sam
rationing porridge to the
politicians and members of
the Progresista Party
(sometimes known as the
Federalista Party).
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
While members of the
Nationalist Party look on
and wait for their turn.
A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred McCoy’s
Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-
1941)
This cartoons depicts the
Patronage of the United
States being coveted by
politicians from one party over
the other.