No Laughing Matter: Xenophobia and Anti-Radicalism in Early American Political Cartoons
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Date
2014-06
Authors
Bisson, Bianca Renee
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Publisher
University of Oregon
Abstract
While political cartoons have a reputation for upholding the tenants of
democracy and freedom, the editorial images of the late 19th century and early 20th
century show quite the contrary. In fact, they promote elements of early American life
such as racism, misogyny and anti-radicalism, and make negative statements about the
aspects of society that did not conform to conservative White Anglo-Saxon
Protestantism.
Description
74 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Political Science and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Science, Spring 2014.
Keywords
Political science, Political cartoons, American history, Racism, Anti-radicalism