Giving Back : Filipino America and the Politics of Diaspora Giving
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| Autore: |
Mariano L. Joyce Zapanta
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| Titolo: |
Giving Back : Filipino America and the Politics of Diaspora Giving
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| Pubblicazione: | , : Temple University Press, , 2021 |
| ©2021 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (201 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 305.89921073 |
| Soggetto topico: | Filipino Americans - Charitable contributions |
| Emigrant remittances - Philippines | |
| Filipinos - United States - Social conditions | |
| Charities - Philippines | |
| Filipino diaspora | |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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"-- |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Giving Back |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Giving Back |
| ISBN: | 1-4399-1841-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910861977903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Asian American History and Cultu