Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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.

Reviews

"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