Migrant Returns: Manila, Development, and Transnational Connectivity by Eric J.

Description: Migrant Returns by Eric J. Pido Eric J. Pido examines the complicated relationship between the Philippine economy, Manilas 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In Migrant Returns Eric J. Pido examines the complicated relationship among the Philippine economy, Manilas urban development, and balikbayans-Filipino migrants visiting or returning to their homeland-to reconceptualize migration as a process of connectivity. Focusing on the experiences of balikbayans returning to Manila from California, Pido shows how Philippine economic and labor policies have created an economy reliant upon property speculation, financial remittances, and the affective labor of Filipinos living abroad. As the initial generation of post-1965 Filipino migrants begin to age, they are encouraged to retire in their homeland through various state-sponsored incentives. Yet, once they arrive, balikbayans often find themselves in the paradoxical position of being neither foreign nor local. They must reconcile their memories of their Filipino upbringing with American conceptions of security, sociality, modernity, and class as their homecoming comes into collision with the Philippines deep economic and social inequality. Tracing the complexity of balikbayan migration, Pido shows that rather than being a unidirectional event marking the end of a journey, migration is a multidirectional and continuous process that results in ambivalence, anxiety, relief, and difficulty. Author Biography Eric J. Pido is Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University. Table of Contents 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 Review "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.… Pidos 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 * Review Quote "While the balikbayan--or return migrant--has been the staple figure in Filipino government policies, movies, television shows, and other venues of the popular imagination, no work has fully rendered the multiple dimensions of migrant return. Nuanced and trenchantly argued, Migrant Returns is an outstanding ethnographic opus that will make a major contribution to scholarship in Asian American studies, Asian studies, migration and diaspora studies, and globalization." Details ISBN0822363534 Author Eric J. Pido Publisher Duke University Press Year 2017 ISBN-10 0822363534 ISBN-13 9780822363538 Format Hardcover Imprint Duke University Press Subtitle Manila, Development, and Transnational Connectivity Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Pages 232 DEWEY 305.9069109599 Publication Date 2017-06-16 Short Title Migrant Returns Language English UK Release Date 2017-06-16 AU Release Date 2017-06-16 NZ Release Date 2017-06-16 US Release Date 2017-06-16 Illustrations 13 illustrations Alternative 9780822363699 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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