Abbreviations vii Preface ix Introduction. An Ethnography of Return 1 Part I: Departures 1. The Balikbayan Economy: Filipino Americans and the Contemporary Transformation of Manila 29 2. The Foreign Local: Balikbayans, Overseas Filipino Workers,and the Return Economy 49 3. Transnational Real Estate: Selling the American Dream in the Philippines 72 Part II. Returns 4. The Balikbayan Hotel: Touristic Performance in Manila and the Anxiety of Return 115 5. The Balikbayan House: The Precarity of Return Migrant Homes 131 6. Domestic Affects: The Philippine Retirement Authority, Retiree Visas, and the National Discourse of Homecoming 148 Conclusion: Retirement Landscapes and the Geography of Exception 163 Epilogue 179 Notes 187 References 197 Index 209
Abbreviations vii Preface ix Introduction. An Ethnography of Return 1 Part I: Departures 1. The Balikbayan Economy: Filipino Americans and the Contemporary Transformation of Manila 29 2. The Foreign Local: Balikbayans, Overseas Filipino Workers,and the Return Economy 49 3. Transnational Real Estate: Selling the American Dream in the Philippines 72 Part II. Returns 4. The Balikbayan Hotel: Touristic Performance in Manila and the Anxiety of Return 115 5. The Balikbayan House: The Precarity of Return Migrant Homes 131 6. Domestic Affects: The Philippine Retirement Authority, Retiree Visas, and the National Discourse of Homecoming 148 Conclusion: Retirement Landscapes and the Geography of Exception 163 Epilogue 179 Notes 187 References 197 Index 209
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