Season 7 · Episode 11
S7E6: Shisōsen—A Japanese Propagandist Confronts the Filipino Psyche
The Colonial Department · The Colonial Department
August 29, 202516m 28s
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Show Notes
<html><p>Beyond the bullets, the tanks, the planes, the bombs, the Japanese also brought other weapons to bear against the Filipinos: Typewriters. Radio waves. Movie theaters.</p><p>Here is one story from the frontlines of shisōsen, or "the thought war."</p><p><br/></p><p>Follow us on IG: <u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecolonialdept/" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a></u></p><p>Follow us on TikTok: <u><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thecolonialdept" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a></u></p><p>Email us: <u><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></u></p><p><br/></p><p>References:</p><p>Campoamor II, Gonzalo (2017). “Re-Examining Japanese Wartime Intellectuals: Kiyoshi Miki during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines.” <em>Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, 53</em>(1), pp. 1-38.</p><p>Terami-Wada, Motoe (1990). “The Japanese Propaganda Corps in the Philippines.” <em>Philippine Studies, 38</em>(3), pp. 279-300.</p><p>Lagmay, Alfred (1977). “Bahala Na!” In Pe-Pua, Rogelio (ed., 2018), <em>Handbuk ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Bolyum I: Perspektibo at Metodolohiya, </em>University of the Philippines Press.</p><p>Jose, Ricardo T. (1998). <em>The Japanese Occupation. </em>In <em>Kasaysayan: The Story of the Filipino People. </em>Asia Publishing Company Limited.</p><p>Griggs, Alyson (2020). <em>There Were Children on the Battleground: Japanese and Filipino Youth in the Second World War</em> [masteral dissertation]. Utah State University.</p></html>