Spanish Misrule

Title

Spanish Misrule

Subject

American propaganda in the Spanish-American War

Description

[ID: Print shows a female figure labeled "Cuba" holding the Cuban flag, caught in a frying pan labeled "Spanish Misrule" that is being held above flames labeled "Anarchy" raging between fighting factions labeled "Insurgents" on the left and "Autonomists" on the right, on the island of Cuba. /end ID]

Analysis
Deliberate: premeditated
Systemic: part of a methodical and regular campaign by the American media  
Attempt: perceptual, cognitive 
Shaping Perceptions: language ("Cuba" "Spanish" "Misrule"), image (woman, fire, frying pan, Cuban flag)
Achieve a Response: negative perception and sentiment towards Spain and positive perception and sentiment towards Cuba

Source

Dalrymple, Louis, Artist. The duty of the hour; - to save her not only from Spain, but from a worse fate / Dalrymple. Cuba, 1898. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Photograph. Accessed January 2022. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012647563/.

Original Format

Image

Physical Dimensions

1024x664

Files

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Citation

“Spanish Misrule,” American History of Propaganda, accessed November 19, 2024, https://mail.ahop.reclaim.hosting/items/show/6.