Download or read book Performativity and Event in 1960s Japan written by P. Eckersall and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performativity and Event in 1960s Japan considers the artists and events in 1960s Japan. In response to the social upheavals of the 1960s, it shows how art interacted with society in unique and transformational ways, nterweaving arguments about the critical role of performance as an artistic medium and as a social dramaturgy.