Audible States: Socialist Politics and Popular Music in Albania

281 Pages·2016·13.675 MB·English

by  Tochka, Nicholas

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Audible States
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Audible States
SOCIALIST POLITICS AND POPULAR
MUSIC IN ALBANIA
NICHOLAS TOCHKA
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Names: Tochka, Nicholas, author.
Title: Audible states : socialist politics and popular music in Albania / Nicholas Tochka.
Description: New York : Oxford University Press, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016014875 | ISBN 9780190467814 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9780190467821 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780190467845 (oxford scholarly online)
Subjects: LCSH: Popular music—Political aspects—Albania. | Music and state. |
Popular music—Albania—History and criticism.
Classification: LCC ML3917.A6 T63 2016 | DDC 781.64094965—dc23
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
List of Tables xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
1. Administering Music 21
2. Debating Song 55
3. Cultivating Individuality 87
4. Voicing Transition 129
5. Promoting Albania 167
Epilogue: Hearing Like a State 207
Appendix: Research Materials 215
Notes 221
References 237
Index 247
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Illustrations
1.1 Accumulation at the center 36
2.1 A balanced tematika 76
3.1 The music field 120
4.1 “Statue- corpses,” standing behind the National
Arts Gallery, 2010 131
5.1 The professionalized composer- producer: Klodian Qafoku
in his recording studio 175
5.2 Kristi Popa listens to the mix at the Forty- eighth
Festival of Song 180
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