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Author:   Jim Lovensheimer (Assistant Professor of Musicology, Assistant Professor of Musicology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 24.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 15.70cm
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9780195377026

ISBN 10:   0195377028
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   16 September 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Chapter 1: Who Can Explain It? Chapter 2: The Musical is the Message Chapter 3: An Adaptable Source: Michener's Tales of the South Pacific Chapter 4: False Starts: The Disappearance of Bill Harbison and Dinah Culbert Chapter 5: You've Got to be Carefully Rewritten: The Distillation of Racial Intolerance Chapter 6: Nellie and the Boys: Situating Gender in South Pacific Chapter 7: Culture Clash: Colonialism and South Pacific Conclusion Appendices Appendix A: The Structure of Tales of the South Pacific Appendix B: Scene breakdown for South Pacific Appendix C: ""The Bright Young Executive of Today"" Appendix D: Comparison of final version and draft of ""I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out-a My Hair"" Appendix E: Comparison of final version and draft for ""I'm In Love With a Wonderful Guy"" Appendix F: Original form for ""Happy Talk."""

Reviews

<br> Lovensheimer's remarkable account of South Pacific firmly situates the show in late 1940s America, showing how Rodgers and Hammerstein used their 'enchanted evening' also to explore issues of race, gender, and national identity still resonant today. -Tim Carter, David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and author of Oklahoma! The Making of an American Musical <br> With this extraordinary new book, Jim Lovensheimer portrays a multidimensional South Pacific -- one that not only soared with beautiful melodies but also addressed major social and political issues of its day, from racism to colonialism. Lucid and enlightening, South Pacific: Paradise Rewritten sets a model for studying Broadway's iconic shows in meaningful contexts. -Carol J. Oja, William Powell Mason Professor, Harvard University <br> Jim Lovensheimer traces how Rodgers and Hammerstein transformed James Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel into a Broa

This is the first offering from Oxford University Press's new Broadway Legacies series; if the next volumes are as good as this, the series will contribute greatly to the still under-written history of the Broadway musical. Judith Flanders, Times Literary Supplement Lovensheimer presents a scholarly, detailed study Choice

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Jim Lovensheimer is Assistant Professor of Musicology at Vanderbilt University.

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