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Socialism Now. Singing Activism After Yugoslavia Traces The Activities Of Self-organized Singing Collectives That Have Been Recuperating A Repertoire Of Yugoslav And International Revolutionary, Partisan, And Workers' Songs, And Contemporary Socially-engaged Pieces In The Last Two Decades. Their Singing Activism Demasks The Privatization, Dispossession, And Political And Social Fragmentation That, Instead Of A Promised Capitalist Dreamland, Have Shaped Lives In The Region After The Dissolution Of Socialist Yugoslavia. Combining Historical And Ethnographic Approaches, Socialism Now Offers A Nuanced Account Of Collective Singing As The Way Of Organizing Against The Adverse Effects Of Neoliberalism In Its Potentialities And Limits-- Provided By Publisher.