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Author Mlekuž, Jernej.

Title Burek : a culinary metaphor / Jernej Mlekuž.

Publication Info. Budapest : Central European University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Metaphor -- Political aspects -- Slovenia.
Metaphor -- Political aspects.
Slovenia.
Metaphor.
Food -- Symbolic aspects -- Slovenia.
Food -- Symbolic aspects.
Pies -- Slovenia.
Pies.
Immigrants -- Slovenia -- Public opinion.
Immigrants.
Public opinion.
Nationalism -- Slovenia.
Nationalism.
Popular culture -- Slovenia.
Popular culture.
Political culture -- Slovenia.
Political culture.
Discourse analysis -- Slovenia.
Discourse analysis.
Slovenia -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Slovenia -- Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mlekuž, Jernej. Burek. Budapest : Central European University Press, 2015 (DLC) 2014046043
ISBN 9789633860915 (electronic book)
9633860911 (electronic book)
9789633860892 (hardbound ; alkaline paper)