TY - JOUR AU - Mlekuž, Jernej PY - 2020/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A Spirit in the Service of the Nation: Slivovka and Banal Nationalism in Selected Newspapers in Socialist Yugoslavia JF - Traditiones JA - Traditiones VL - 49 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.3986/Traditio2020490306 UR - https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/traditiones/article/view/9432 SP - 115-134 AB - <p>The thesis of the article is that slivovitz or plum brandy (<em>slivovka</em> in Slovene) played an important role in the reproduction of Yugoslav banal nationalism. It reminded Yugoslavs on a daily basis that they were members of a particular national community. The article is based on an analysis of texts containing the word slivovka that appeared in <em>Delo</em>, Slovenia’s newspaper of record, in the period 1959–91 and <em>Delo’s</em> predecessors <em>Slovenski poročevalec</em> and <em>Ljudska pravica</em> in the period 1945–59.</p> ER -