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