Political Caricature

Question 1

a rather recent art form, which veered away from the classical art by exaggerating human features and pocking fun at its subjects.

Answer 1

Political cartoons and caricature

Question 2

He spent the past quarter of his life writing about the politics and history of the Opium Trade

Answer 2

Alfred W. McCoy

Question 3

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)

Answer 3

Politics of Heroin

Question 4

This was drawn by Fernando Amorsolo and was aimed as a commentary to the workings of Manila Police at that period. Here, we see a Filipino child who stole a skinny chicken because he had nothing to eat. The police officer was relentlessly pursuing the said child

Answer 4

The Independent on 16 June 1917

Question 5

compiled political cartoons published in newspaper dailies and periodicals in the aforementioned time period.

Answer 5

Alfred McCoy, together with Alfredo Roces,

Question 6

Commentaries in mass media inevitably shape public opinion and such kind of opinion is worthy of historical examination.

Answer 6

True