"We Asked for Workers. We Got Bureks Instead" Meanings and Material Significance of the Burek in Slovenia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3081877 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jernej Mlekuž (0000-0001-6918-1194, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnologia Europaea (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0425-4597 • E-ISSN: 1604-3030 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.16995/ee.1145 |
| OpenAlex | W3093876494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The dish burek was brought to Slovenia by people from the other republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in the 1960s. It is now the handiest and most frequently used signifier in Slovenian popular culture, media, vernacular language etc. for immigrants from the former republics of the SFRY, the Balkans, the SFRY itself and the phenomena associated with it. This paper addresses why and how this semantic hyperinflation occurred to precisely this fast food. The burek is a product of Slovenian nationalism par excellence and cannot be understood without taking into consideration the material conditions of the object. The paper shows that the burek plays a significant role in the formation and reproduction of identities
Aesthetics · Art · Economic history · Excellence · Federal republic · Immigration · Linguistics · Literature · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Vernacular · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Diverse Musicological Studies · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |