South Pacific paradise rewritten Lovensheimer, Jim. creator text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. nyu New York Oxford University Press 2010 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xvii, 266 pages) Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'South Pacific' has remained a mainstay of the American musical theater since it opened in 1949, and its powerful message about racial intolerance continues to resonate with twenty-first century audiences. Who can explain it? -- The musical is the message -- An adaptable source : Michener's Tales of the South Pacific -- False starts : the disappearance of Bill Harbison and Dinah Culbert -- You've got to be carefully rewritten : the distillation of racial intolerance -- Nellie and the boys : situating gender in South Pacific -- Culture clash : colonialism and South Pacific -- Still dreaming of paradise. Jim Lovensheimer. Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and index. English. n-us--- Rodgers, Richard 1902-1979 II Hammerstein, Oscar 1895-1960 South Pacific (Hammerstein, Oscar, II) South Pacific (Rodgers, Richard) Musicals United States 20th century History and criticism MUSIC Genres & Styles Musicals Musicals United States 1900-1999 fast ML2054 .L68 2010eb 782.1/4 South Pacific Lovensheimer, Jim. New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 (DLC) 2009041073 (OCoLC)449284797 Broadway legacies 9780199703852 019970385X 9780195377026 0195377028 9780195997544 (pbk) 2009041073 270275 MIL http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/9232 N$T 100727 20260318180428.6 in00005705769 eng