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"'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.

Metaphor --- Food --- Pies --- Immigrants --- Nationalism --- Popular culture --- Political culture --- Discourse analysis --- Parabole --- Figures of speech --- Reification --- Foods --- Dinners and dining --- Home economics --- Table --- Cooking --- Diet --- Dietaries --- Gastronomy --- Nutrition --- Tarts (Pies) --- Pastry --- Emigrants --- Foreign-born population --- Foreign population --- Foreigners --- Migrants --- Persons --- Aliens --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Semantics --- Semiotics --- Political aspects --- Symbolic aspects --- Public opinion. --- Slovenia --- Eslovènia --- L.R.S. (Ljudska republika Slovenija) --- Ljudska republika Slovenija --- LRS (Ljudska republika Slovenija) --- People's Republic of Slovenia --- Republic of Slovenia --- Republika Slovenija --- S.R.S. (Socijalistička Republika Slovenija) --- S.R. Slovenija --- Slovenii︠a︡ --- Slovenija --- Slowenien --- Socialist Republic of Slovenia --- Socialistična republika Slovenija --- Socijalistička Republika Slovenija --- SR Slovenija --- SRS (Socijalistička Republika Slovenija) --- Szlovénia --- Social life and customs. --- Politics and government. --- Anthropology, Balkan, Cultural studies, Food, Identity, Nationalism, Social life and customs. --- Primitive societies