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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 <em>Audible States</em> 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

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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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.

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