In Asian Political Cartoons, scholar John A. Lent explores the
history and contemporary status of political cartooning in Asia,
including East Asia (China, Hong Kong, Japan, North and South
Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan), Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and
Vietnam), and South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan,
and Sri Lanka). Incorporating hundreds of interviews, as well as
textual analysis of cartoons; observation of workplaces, companies,
and cartoonists at work; and historical research, Lent offers not
only the first such survey in English, but the most complete and
detailed in any language. Richly illustrated, this volume brings
much-needed attention to the political cartoons of a region that
has accelerated faster and more expansively economically,
culturally, and in other ways than perhaps any other part of the
world. Emphasizing the "freedom to cartoon," the author examines
political cartoons that attempt to expose, bring attention to,
blame or condemn, satirically mock, and caricaturize problems and
their perpetrators. Lent presents readers a pioneering survey of
such political cartooning in twenty-two countries and territories,
studying aspects of professionalism, cartoonists' work
environments, philosophies and influences, the state of newspaper
and magazine industries, the state's roles in political cartooning,
modern technology, and other issues facing political cartoonists.
Asian Political Cartoons encompasses topics such as political and
social satire in Asia during ancient times, humor/cartoon magazines
established by Western colonists, and propaganda cartoons employed
in independence campaigns. The volume also explores stumbling
blocks contemporary cartoonists must hurdle, including new or
beefed-up restrictions and regulations, a dwindling number of
publishing venues, protected vested interests of conglomerate-owned
media, and political correctness gone awry. In these pages,
cartoonists recount intriguing ways they cope with
restrictions-through layered hidden messages, by using other
platforms, and finding unique means to use cartooning to make a
living.
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