{"product_id":"migrant-returns-eric-j-pido-9780822363538","title":"Migrant Returns: Manila, Development, and Transnational Connectivity","description":"In \u003ci\u003eMigrant Returns\u003c\/i\u003e Eric J. Pido examines the complicated relationship among the Philippine economy, Manila's urban development, and \u003ci\u003ebalikbayans\u003c\/i\u003e-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric J. Pido\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822363534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822363538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017","brand":"Eric J. Pido","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059883962623,"sku":"9780822363538","price":102.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff5ebab0-c75d-4fae-96ae-90a5b0afe2c6.jpg?v=1685060857","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/migrant-returns-eric-j-pido-9780822363538","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}