{"product_id":"migrant-returns-9780822363538","title":"Migrant Returns","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEric 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"Dense and carefully argued ... \u003ci\u003eMigrant Returns\u003c\/i\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"A rich ethnographic account of homing. . . . \u003ci\u003eMigrant Returns\u003c\/i\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eMigrant Returns\u003c\/i\u003e a valuable addition to Philippine and diaspora studies.\" -- Anjy Mary Paul * Journal of Southeast Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations  vii\u003cbr\u003e Preface  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. An Ethnography of Return  1\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Departures\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Balikbayan Economy: Filipino Americans and the Contemporary Transformation of Manila  29\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Foreign Local: Balikbayans, Overseas Filipino Workers,and the Return Economy  49\u003cbr\u003e 3. Transnational Real Estate: Selling the American Dream in the Philippines  72\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Returns\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Balikbayan Hotel: Touristic Performance in Manila and the Anxiety of Return  115\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Balikbayan House: The Precarity of Return Migrant Homes  131\u003cbr\u003e 6. Domestic Affects: The Philippine Retirement Authority, Retiree Visas, and the National Discourse of Homecoming  148\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Retirement Landscapes and the Geography of Exception  163\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue  179\u003cbr\u003e Notes  187\u003cbr\u003e References  197\u003cbr\u003e Index  209","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406101848407,"sku":"9780822363538","price":90.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822363538.jpg?v=1730494533","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/migrant-returns-9780822363538","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}