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