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Philippine Political Cartoons 1900-1941

This document analyzes political caricatures from the American colonial period (1900-1941) in the Philippines. It discusses how cartoons became an effective tool for expressing public opinion through symbolism. The transition from Spanish to American rule brought many changes to Philippine society and politics. Caricatures depicted the complications of this transition, such as the new influence of patronage networks and the increase of Americanization and technology. They also showed how the new democratic system did not benefit the poor majority. The caricatures provide historical insight into this shifting period in Philippine history under U.S. colonial rule.

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Philippine Political Cartoons 1900-1941

This document analyzes political caricatures from the American colonial period (1900-1941) in the Philippines. It discusses how cartoons became an effective tool for expressing public opinion through symbolism. The transition from Spanish to American rule brought many changes to Philippine society and politics. Caricatures depicted the complications of this transition, such as the new influence of patronage networks and the increase of Americanization and technology. They also showed how the new democratic system did not benefit the poor majority. The caricatures provide historical insight into this shifting period in Philippine history under U.S. colonial rule.

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A Glance at Selected

Philippine Political
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• 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
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• Cartoons became an effective tool of publicizing opinions
through heavy use of symbolism, which is different from a

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verbose written editorial and opinion pieces.

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Analysis of the Political Caricatures
during the American Period

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• The transition from the Spanish Colonial period to be

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American Occupation period demonstrated different

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strands of changes and shifts in culture, society, and

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politics. The Americans drastically introduced democracy

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to the nascent nation and the consequences were far from

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ideal.

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prosperity with the opening up of the Philippine economy
to the United States but the majority of the poor Filipino
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• Patronage also became influential and powerful, not only
between clients and patrons but also between the newly
formed political parties composed of the elite and the

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United States.

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• The transition from a Catholic-centered, Spanish-Filipino

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society to an imperial American-assimilated one , and its

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complications, were also depicted in the cartoons. One

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example is the unprecedented increase of motorized

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