02414nam 22005533 450 991086197790332120231110231404.01-4399-1841-4(CKB)4940000000597329(MiAaPQ)EBC28372206(Au-PeEL)EBL28372206(EXLCZ)99494000000059732920210901d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGiving Back Filipino America and the Politics of Diaspora Giving1st ed.:Temple University Press,2021.©2021.1 online resource (201 pages)Asian American History and Cultu 1-4399-1839-2 1-4399-1840-6 Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "Charity Begins at Home" -- 1. Good Diasporic Returns: Immigrant Philanthropy, Overseas Labor Remittances, and the American Dream -- 2. Homeland Disorientations: Toward Antidevelopmentalist Diaspora-Giving Politics -- 3. Incorporating Dreams: Discourses of Poverty and Responsibility in Diaspora -- 4. Philippine Environments and Critical Ecologies of Diaspora Giving -- Epilogue: Diasporic Love -- Notes -- Index."Examines Filipino diaspora through the complex of meanings associated with "giving back" and explores the process of diaspora formation. Argues that giving-related institutions and discourse-such as aid, development, altruism, and benevolence-are integral to understanding diaspora formation today"--Provided by publisher.Asian American History and Cultu Giving BackFilipino AmericansCharitable contributionsEmigrant remittancesPhilippinesFilipinosUnited StatesSocial conditionsCharitiesPhilippinesFilipino diasporaFilipino AmericansCharitable contributions.Emigrant remittancesFilipinosSocial conditions.CharitiesFilipino diaspora.305.89921073Mariano L. Joyce Zapanta1740567MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910861977903321Giving Back4166286UNINA