Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s

Download or read book Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s written by D.G. Goodman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 1988: In this book the author has translated five postwar experimental Japanese plays and recreated the artistic, social and spiritual milieu in which they were created. He describes the turning point in Japanese thinking about the nature and limitations of a Western-oriented modern culture, and the creation of "underground" theatres which in which evolved a new mythology of history. Professor Goodman sees these developments as an interplay between personal and political (ie revolutionary) salvation.