Definition: Portraying in a critical or facetious way a real individual or group, or a figure representing a social, political, ethnic, or racial type. The effect is usually achieved through distortion or exaggeration of characteristics. (Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing, 2d ed)
IM; coordinate with subject (IM) or person with required biography and history headings & check tags; do not confuse with Publication Type CARICATURES; CARTOONS AS TOPIC is also available
ExamplesCartoons as Topic
Other names Caricatures as Topics; Caricature as Topics; Caricature as Topic
