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- Title
Cannibalism among Japanese Soldiers in Bukidnon, Philippines, 1945-47.
- Authors
ESTEBAN, Rolando
- Abstract
This paper examines why survival cannibalism occurred in Bukidnon, Philippines from 1945 to 1947 from the point of view of the Japanese. Utilizing contemporaneous sources such as the Japanese War Crimes and universal theories of cannibalism, the paper shows that starvation, malnutrition, and salt hunger impelled cannibalism. The paper questions the assumption that cannibalism during wartime is mere aggression, not for survival purposes.
- Subjects
PHILIPPINES; CANNIBALISM; MILITARY personnel attitudes; WORLD War II; HISTORY
- Publication
Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, 2016, Vol 52, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
0004-4679
- Publication type
Article