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Giving Back : Filipino America and the Politics of Diaspora Giving



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Autore: Mariano L. Joyce Zapanta Visualizza persona
Titolo: Giving Back : Filipino America and the Politics of Diaspora Giving Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4399-1841-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
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Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910861977903321
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