He Can’t Let Go

Title

He Can’t Let Go

Description

[ID: Print shows Uncle Sam hanging onto a young woman labeled "Philippines" who is dangling over a cliff labeled "U.S.", above a canyon where a tiger labeled "Spanish Misrule" and a wolf labeled "Aguinaldoism" await her fall from Uncle Sam's grasp. /end ID]

Analysis
Deliberate: premeditated
Systemic: part of a methodical and regular campaign by the American media  
Attempt: perceptual, cognitive 
Shaping Perceptions: language ("Philippines" "Spanish" "misrule"), image (woman, cliff, tiger, wolf, Uncle Sam)
Achieve a Response: negative perception and sentiment towards Spain and positive perception and sentiment towards the Philippines

Source

Dalrymple, Louis, Artist. He can't let go / Dalrymple. United States Philippines, 1898. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Photograph. Accessed January 2022. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012647490/.

Original Format

Image

Physical Dimensions

653x1024

Files

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Citation

“He Can’t Let Go,” American History of Propaganda, accessed November 19, 2024, https://mail.ahop.reclaim.hosting/items/show/7.