Political Illustration

Catherine Moore is an educator and illustrator, currently teaching at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, GA, USA. Catherine has illustrated multiple political figures, including President Joe Biden, John Lewis, and Justice Anthony Kennedy for The Washington Post, and Jimmy Carter for the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum.Megan Hauser is a political scientist in the School of Government and International Affairs at Kennesaw State University, USA. Her research and publications focus on elections and electoral politics in Russia and Eastern Europe, including her 2019 book Elections under Authoritarianism. She teaches courses in Comparative Politics, International Relations, and American Government. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

• Introduction1 An Introduction to Visual LanguageSymbols and Global BallotsReception Theory: An Introduction to Visual SignsVisual Grammar & TechniqueSemiotics: Connotation and DenotationMetaphor & Metonym2 Propaganda: The Art of the StateIntroductionGlobal Politics Perspective: Types of Political SystemsEveryday Propaganda: Currency, Stamps, and FlagsGlobal Politics Perspective: The History of Apartheid South AfricaThe Mythos of Political Portraits and the Visual Language of PropagandaNapoleon: The Forefather of PropagandaGlobal Politics Perspective: So, what actually was the French Revolution? Global Imperialist PropagandaGlobal Politics Perspective: Imperial Enlistments and the Soldiers of World Wars I and IIPropaganda of the World WarsGlobal Politics Perspective: How did the world’s first communist country come about?Socialist Realism in the Soviet Union and ChinaA Cult of Personality: Colonialism and Dictatorships in Africa and South AmericaPost War American PropagandaGroup Activities/Discussion Questions3 Media, Censorship, & TabooIntroductionReportage IllustrationNon-Commercial Reportage: The Art of Japanese Internment and of the HibakushaThe History of Political SatireCensorship in Democracies vs. Authoritarian Governments: Violent Censorship, Self-Censorship, and Market CensorshipPerspective on Global Politics: Media Censorship and Political SystemsContemporary Editorial IllustrationInterview: Doug ChaykaInterview: Miriam MartincicInterview: Armando VeveInterview: Edel RodriguezInterview: Steve BrodnerGroup Activities/Discussion Questions4 Contentious Politics and the Art of DissentLatin American Protest ArtGlobal Politics Perspective: What caused the Cuban Revolution?The Vietnam WarGlobal Politics Perspective: What led to the Vietnam War?Interview: Seymour ChwastBlack Civil Rights Global Politics Perspective: The Black Civil Rights Movement in the United StatesInterview: Fabian WilliamsLGBTQ+Indigenous AmericansGlobal Politics Perspectives: The History and Culture of American Indians in the United StatesInterview: Hoka SkenandoreThe Arab Spring and the Middle EastGlobal Politics Perspectives: The Arab Spring in the Middle East and North AfricaInterview: AndeelWomen’s RightsGlobal Politics Perspectives: The Push for Women’s Rights in the United StatesConclusionGroup Activities/Discussion QuestionsConclusionGlossarySelected bibliography

A much-needed, substantive addition to the history of illustration.