Migrant Returns – Manila, Development, and Transnational Connectivity
Autor Eric J. Pidoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 iun 2017
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780822363699
ISBN-10: 0822363690
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press
ISBN-10: 0822363690
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press
Cuprins
Abbreviations vii
Preface ix
Introduction. An Ethnography of Return 1
Part I: Departures
1. The Balikbayan Economy: Filipino Americans and the Contemporary Transformation of Manila 29
2. The Foreign Local: Balikbayans, Overseas Filipino Workers,and the Return Economy 49
3. Transnational Real Estate: Selling the American Dream in the Philippines 72
Part II. Returns
4. The Balikbayan Hotel: Touristic Performance in Manila and the Anxiety of Return 115
5. The Balikbayan House: The Precarity of Return Migrant Homes 131
6. Domestic Affects: The Philippine Retirement Authority, Retiree Visas, and the National Discourse of Homecoming 148
Conclusion: Retirement Landscapes and the Geography of Exception 163
Epilogue 179
Notes 187
References 197
Index 209
Preface ix
Introduction. An Ethnography of Return 1
Part I: Departures
1. The Balikbayan Economy: Filipino Americans and the Contemporary Transformation of Manila 29
2. The Foreign Local: Balikbayans, Overseas Filipino Workers,and the Return Economy 49
3. Transnational Real Estate: Selling the American Dream in the Philippines 72
Part II. Returns
4. The Balikbayan Hotel: Touristic Performance in Manila and the Anxiety of Return 115
5. The Balikbayan House: The Precarity of Return Migrant Homes 131
6. Domestic Affects: The Philippine Retirement Authority, Retiree Visas, and the National Discourse of Homecoming 148
Conclusion: Retirement Landscapes and the Geography of Exception 163
Epilogue 179
Notes 187
References 197
Index 209
Notă biografică
Eric J. Pido