Listen "S3E6: From "Constaboy" to Samurai"
Episode Synopsis
In 1943, the Japanese selected 10 prisoners of war—veterans of the battles of Bataan and Corregidor, survivors of the Death March—for a "re-education" program in the heart of the empire. What could go wrong?
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References:
Villarin, Mariano (1990). We Remember Bataan and Corregidor: The Story of the American and Filipino Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor and their Captivity. Gateway Press.
Serizawa, Takamichi (2015). “Japanese Solidarity Discourse on the Philippines during the Second World War.” Philippine Studies: Historical & Ethnographic Viewpoints 63(1), 71-100. Ateneo de Manila University. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24672308
Karlin, Jason G. (2014) “Narratives of heroism in Meiji Japan.” In Gardner, A., Mackie V., Wohr U. (eds.) Gender and State in Modern Japan (48-67). Routledge.
Kintanar, Thelma; Aquino, Clemen; Arinto, Patricia; Camagay, Ma. Luisa (2012). Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon—Everyday Life in a Time of War. University of the Philippines Press.
Audio snippets are taken from NHK, archival Japanese newsreels, and The Last Samurai from Warner Bros. Pictures.
Follow us on IG: @thecolonialdept
Email us: [email protected]
References:
Villarin, Mariano (1990). We Remember Bataan and Corregidor: The Story of the American and Filipino Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor and their Captivity. Gateway Press.
Serizawa, Takamichi (2015). “Japanese Solidarity Discourse on the Philippines during the Second World War.” Philippine Studies: Historical & Ethnographic Viewpoints 63(1), 71-100. Ateneo de Manila University. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24672308
Karlin, Jason G. (2014) “Narratives of heroism in Meiji Japan.” In Gardner, A., Mackie V., Wohr U. (eds.) Gender and State in Modern Japan (48-67). Routledge.
Kintanar, Thelma; Aquino, Clemen; Arinto, Patricia; Camagay, Ma. Luisa (2012). Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon—Everyday Life in a Time of War. University of the Philippines Press.
Audio snippets are taken from NHK, archival Japanese newsreels, and The Last Samurai from Warner Bros. Pictures.
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