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

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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.

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In Migrant Returns Eric J. Pido examines the complicated relationship among the Philippine economy, Manila's 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  viiPreface  ixIntroduction. An Ethnography of Return  1Part I: Departures1. The Balikbayan Economy: Filipino Americans and the Contemporary Transformation of Manila  292. The Foreign Local: Balikbayans, Overseas Filipino Workers,and the Return Economy  493. Transnational Real Estate: Selling the American Dream in the Philippines  72Part II. Returns4. The Balikbayan Hotel: Touristic Performance in Manila and the Anxiety of Return  1155. The Balikbayan House: The Precarity of Return Migrant Homes  1316. Domestic Affects: The Philippine Retirement Authority, Retiree Visas, and the National Discourse of Homecoming  148Conclusion: Retirement Landscapes and the Geography of Exception  163Epilogue  179Notes  187References  197Index  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.… 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 *

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 ISBN0822363690 Author Eric J. Pido Publisher Duke University Press Year 2017 ISBN-10 0822363690 ISBN-13 9780822363699 Format Paperback 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 Edited by Meredith Terretta Birth 1955 Death 1908 Affiliation West Virginia University Position Associate Director Qualifications Ph.D. Alternative 9780822363538 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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