Giving back : Filipino America and the politics of diaspora giving /
L. Joyce Zapanta Mariano.
- 1 online resource (xii, 182 pages).
- Asian American history and culture .
Includes bibliographies and index.
"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.
"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"--