Giving back : Filipino America and the politics of diaspora giving /

Giving back : Filipino America and the politics of diaspora giving / L. Joyce Zapanta Mariano.

"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 fo...

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Main Author: Mariano, L. Joyce Zapanta, 1973- (Author)
Format: Ebook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2021.
Series:Asian American history and culture.
Subjects:
Filipino Americans > Charitable contributions.
Emigrant remittances > Philippines.
Filipinos > United States > Social conditions.
Charities > Philippines.
Filipino diaspora.
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Table of Contents:
  • "Charity Begins at Home"
  • Good Diasporic Returns : Immigrant Philanthropy, Overseas Labor Remittances, and the American Dream
  • Homeland Disorientations : Toward Anti-Developmentalist Diaspora Giving Politics
  • Incorporating Dreams : Discourses of Poverty and Responsibility in Diaspora
  • Philippine Environments and Critical Ecologies of Diaspora Giving
  • Epilogue
  • Diasporic Love.
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