Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1 Administering Music
2 Debating Song
3 Cultivating Individuality
4 Voicing Transition
5 Promoting Albania
Epilogue: Hearing Like A State
Appendix: Research Materials
Notes
References
Nicholas Tochka is Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Maryland. A graduate of Stony Brook University and Hofstra University, his work integrates history and ethnography to explore how musicians and listeners make meaningful lives for themselves under modern political orders.
"This book is a major contribution to Europeanist ethnomusicology,
and an excellent read for any scholar interested in the political
economy of music or in cultural histories of the Cold War."
--Ljerka V. Rasmussen, Slavic Review Fall 2018
"This book is a major contribution to Europeanist ethnomusicology,
and an excellent read for any scholar interested in the political
economy of music or in cultural histories of the Cold War."
--Ljerka V. Rasmussen, Slavic Review Fall 2018
"A groundbreaking, incisive, behind-the-scenes look at the
political economy of Albanian popular culture from socialist song
fests to Eurovision. Elegantly written and persuasively argued,
Tochka's study is a must-read for anyone intrigued by the interplay
of sound, politics, and power, or in how states are rendered
audible through musical creativity, heard, debated, and even
silenced."--Donna A. Buchanan, Associate Professor
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Audible States is not only a significant contribution to the
literature on Albanian music, but also a milestone in its synthesis
of ethnomusicology, political economy, and social theory. It is
essential reading for scholars of Eastern Europe."--Carol
Silverman, Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Folklore,
University of Oregon
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