Abstract:
This thesis explores the ways in which nationalism is expressed through cuisine and
ethnic restaurants in today’s increasingly globalized world. It examines in depth the
relationship between nationalism and globalization, given the presence of global
migration flows and the opening and closing of nation borders around the world in
response to these flows. This thesis discusses how these flows result in immigrant
communities, particularly the Afghan community in the Washington, D.C. area of the
United States, developing a transnational and deterritorialized nationalism, that is a
nationalism for their home country while in a different country, and how this dual
nationalism is expressed through the space of Afghan restaurants and cuisine.
