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Author Mlekuž, Jernej

Title Burek : a culinary metaphor / Jernej Mlekuž
Published Budapest : Central European University Press, 2015

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Contents Preburek (I mean, foreword!) / Jože Vogrinc -- Before the burek -- Towards the burek -- About the burek -- After the burek -- (Non)burek literature -- Burekarchive
Summary "'As Simple as Burek' is a saying current among young people in Slovenia. But in his book, Jernej Mlekuž holds just the opposite. The burek--a pie made of pastry dough filled with various fillings, well-known in the Balkans, Turkey (bürek), and also in the Near East by other names--whether on the plate or as a cultural artifact, is in fact not that simple. After a brief stroll though its innocent history, before parasitical ideologies had attached themselves to the burek and poisoned its discourses, Mlekuž focuses on the present. In Slovenia, the burek has become a loaded metaphor for the Balkans and immigrants from the republics of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Without the burek it would be equally difficult to consider the jargon of Slovenian youth, the imagined world of Slovenian chauvinism and the rhetorical arsenal of advertising agents when promoting healthy foods. In this analysis therefore, the burek is always what Mlekuž calls the metaburek. It is greasy, Balkan, Slovene, not-Slovene, the greatest, eastern, the best, shit, oriental, unhealthy, plebian, Yugoslav, junk, a cherub (burek spelled backwards is kerub, the Slovene word for cherub). And this metaburek, which is the protagonist of this book, is never a completely pure, innocent, unconditioned burek. It is much more than just a burek. And a word of warning: after consuming this text, the burek will never be the same"--Provided by pubolisher
Analysis Anthropology, Balkan, Cultural studies, Food, Identity, Nationalism, Social life and customs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Metaphor -- Political aspects -- Slovenia
Food -- Symbolic aspects -- Slovenia
Pies -- Slovenia
Immigrants -- Slovenia -- Public opinion
Nationalism -- Slovenia
Popular culture -- Slovenia
Political culture -- Slovenia
Discourse analysis -- Slovenia
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
COOKING -- Regional & Ethnic -- European.
Discourse analysis
Food -- Symbolic aspects
Immigrants -- Public opinion
Manners and customs
Metaphor -- Political aspects
Nationalism
Pies
Political culture
Politics and government
Popular culture
SUBJECT Slovenia -- Social life and customs
Slovenia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000571
Subject Slovenia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789633860915
9633860911