Audible states
socialist politics and popular music in Albania
Edición de la obra Audible states
| Autor | Nicholas Tochka |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Oxford University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2016 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 263 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780190467814, 9780190467821 |
| ISBN-10 | 0190467819, 0190467827 |
| OCLC | 947104938 |
| LCCN | 2016014875 |
| Número de Cutter | T631a |
In 'Audible States', Nicholas Tochka traces an aural history of Albania's government through a close examination of the development and reception of light music as it has long been broadcast at an annual song competition, Radio-Television Albania's Festival of Song. Drawing on a wide range of archival resources and over 40 interviews with composers, lyricists, singers, and bureaucrats, Tochka describes how popular music became integral to governmental projects to improve society and a major concern for both state-socialist and post-socialist regimes between 1945 and the present.