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This article studies a new urban spatial process in the city of Seoul since 1990s: the expansion of the space of diaspora foreigners. A s a case, we tries to analyze the process of em placements for 'Islamic restaurants' in Itaewon district, Seoul, and its interpretations by the clients as w ell as those of shop owners them selves. M ore specifically, this article studies several Indo-Pakistan restaurants where 'halal food' take an important position for restaurants' perception for clients. We could observe some Indo-Pakistan halal food restaurants w hich present themselves employing the concept(and image) of national character for foods. A t the same tim e they also play w ith the concept of religious identity for foods in variable occasions. This variation of restaurants' presentation strategies depends on, first of all, the clients' identity. European and Korean clients in general have tendency to not much caring about the religious aspects of food. O n the contrary, Islamic notion of 'halal' composes an im portant condition for many muslim clients. But, even for muslim clients, more detailed ethnic and provincial dimension of distinction also can be considered, especially for Indian or Pakistani nationals. For Korean clients of halal food restaurants, also, interpretation on the meaning of their food consumption can vary by situations. A kind hierarchy in the domain of foods had been more or less decided with the image of prestige and power of the national origins for foods. On the other hand, accepting the general tendency of existing foods' national hierarchy does not completely disappear, a new trend of perception concerning the cultural capital -- still rare knowledge on the special kind of foods -- appears to em erge. Growing chances of direct foreign experience for Korean clients, and the expanding influence of globalization in every level of daily life are playing an im portant role. Spatial territoriality including internet space, and the very m eaning of the space of power are showing more flexibility with the arrival of multiplied means of global communication network on every level. This aspect again conditions new organization of cultural network and territoriality in today's urban space. And the case Seoul's Itaewon district's Islamic restaurants w ould be a part of it.
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Religion, Food, Urban Space, Itaewon, Territoriality
