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Migrant Returns
Manila, Development, and Transnational Connectivity
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Eric J. Pido
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English
Published/Copyright:
2017
About this book
Eric J. Pido examines the complicated relationship between the Philippine economy, Manila’s urban development, and Filipino migrants visiting or returning to their homeland, showing migration to be a multidirectional, layered, and continuous process with varied and often fraught outcomes.
Author / Editor information
Eric J. Pido is Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University.
Reviews
“An insightful and timely account of Filipino Americans and their newfound role as key players in the Philippines' bourgeoning retirement and real estate industries.”
-- Paul Nadal Journal of Asian American Studies
"Dense and carefully argued ... Migrant Returns captures the multiple dimensions associated with return migration and serves as a valuable resource for those interested in transnationalism, globalization, and migration scholarship."
-- Armand Gutierrez International Migration Review
"A rich ethnographic account of homing. . . . Migrant Returns is a paradigmatic illumination of the multiple landscapes—personal, familial, social, and cultural—created by re/settlement, representation, and ultimately return that are emblematic of any relocation ideology. . . . By articulating the multiple logics of global economies and local social geographies, [Pido] has given us a nuanced ethnographic plunge into the multidirectional complexities and paradoxical positions of the current global diasporic moment."
-- Anastasia Christou American Ethnologist
"Overall, this book usefully troubles the labels of returnee and retiree within migration studies.… Pido's ability to incorporate an analysis of the role of the Philippine state and transnational real estate brokers in exploiting but also perpetuating this tension, makes Migrant Returns a valuable addition to Philippine and diaspora studies."
-- Anjy Mary Paul Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Abbreviations
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Preface
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Introduction. An Ethnography of Return
1 - Part I. Departures
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1. The Balikbayan Economy
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2. The Foreign Local
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3. Transnational Real Estate
72 - Part II. Returns
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4. The Balikbayan Hotel
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5. The Balikbayan House
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6. Domestic Affects
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Conclusion
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Epilogue
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Notes
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References
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Index
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eBook published on:
June 22, 2017
eBook ISBN:
9780822373124
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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232
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13 illustrations
eBook ISBN:
9780822373124
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Professional and scholarly;
