caricature
Let an agent explain caricature, relay history, techniques, political uses and harmful stereotypes from art history and media studies sources with debates attributed, describe the named forms including racist caricature as historical context without reproducing it, and distinguish caricature from portrait likeness, comic strips, parody in text and hate speech as a legal category.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain caricature, relay history, techniques, political uses and harmful stereotypes from art history and media studies sources with debates attributed, describe the named forms including racist caricature as historical context without reproducing it, and distinguish caricature from portrait likeness, comic strips, parody in text and hate speech as a legal category.
A portrait or depiction that exaggerates distinctive features of a person or type for humorous, satirical or critical effect, in drawings, sculpture and photographic caricature, central to political cartoons and journalistic cartooning, with traditions such as the satirical prints of James Gillray and Honore Daumier and Japanese Ponchi-e, Meiji-era Western-style cartoons; caricature has also been used for racist and xenophobic propaganda, as in the John Chinaman stereotype of Chinese people in 19th-century Western media, which historians study as anti-Chinese racism. Debates about satire, offence and free expression, including violence against cartoonists, are attributed, and the model does not reproduce hateful caricatures.
What it is for: Exaggerated depiction for humour or critique.
It can be explain techniques and history; relay political cartoon traditions; describe named forms including harmful stereotypes neutrally; present free expression debates with attribution.
Distinguishing features
Exaggeration
Satirical intent
Recognisable subjects
Potential to harm
What it looks like
Drawings or images with exaggerated heads, features or postures, often with captions.
Physical character
Gillray active: late 18th century note - London
Daumier imprisoned for caricature: 1832 year - Gargantua print
Japan Punch magazine: from 1862 note - origin of Ponchi-e
How it is recognised
Exaggerated satirical depiction
Photographic caricature, John Chinaman, journalistic cartoon, political cartoon, graphic humour, Ponchi-e
Portraits seek likeness; comic strips tell sequential stories; textual parody imitates writing; hate speech is a legal category
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms, and humour
includes -
includes -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
political caricature
social caricature
caricature portraits at fairs
photographic and digital caricature
racist and propaganda caricature as historical category
Standards and regulation
Free expression and defamation laws
Hate speech laws in some countries
Editorial standards
Failure modes and hazards
Reproducing hateful caricatures
Partisan framing of cartoon controversies
Unattributed claims about offence
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What caricature is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is caricature, and how does it differ from portraits, comic strips, textual parody and hate speech? definition
- Is someone being threatened or harassed over a cartoon, in which case contact police, and is the request to create hateful caricature, which this model does not do? boundary
Forms
Named forms.
Forms
Forms.
- What are photographic caricature, journalistic and political cartoons, graphic humour and Ponchi-e, and what was the John Chinaman stereotype historically? definition
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
History History.
Sources.
Europe
European caricature.
Europe
Europe.
- How did Gillray, Cruikshank and Daumier shape political caricature? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Japan
Ponchi-e.
Japan
Japan.
- How did Japan Punch influence Meiji-era cartoons? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Harm Stereotypes and propaganda.
Attribution.
Racism
Racist caricature.
Racism
Racism.
- How do historians analyse racist caricatures such as anti-Chinese imagery, without reproducing them? provenance
- Which entry fits Chinese Exclusion Act? action
Propaganda
Propaganda.
Propaganda
Propaganda.
- How was caricature used in wartime and antisemitic propaganda, as historians document? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and free of reproduction? boundary
Context Free expression.
Attribution.
Controversies
Cartoon controversies.
Controversies
Controversies.
- What debates followed controversies such as the 2005 Jyllands-Posten cartoons and the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits freedom of the press? action
Craft
Technique.
Craft
Craft.
- How do caricaturists choose features to exaggerate? provenance
- Which entry fits cartooning? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the John Chinaman alias be moved to an entry on anti-Chinese stereotypes with historical context?
- Should Ponchi-e be a separate entry?
- How should cartoon controversies be presented?