Making a Cantonese-Christian family: Quotidian Habits of language and background in a transnational Hongkonger church

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 756-768

  Tse, Justin K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese; Hong Kong; Immigrant religion; Language; Transnationalism; Vancouver

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; CHRISTIANITY; CHURCH ROLE; EDUCATION; FAMILY STRUCTURE; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; MIGRATION; RELIGION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHINA; HONG KONG; VANCOUVER;

EID: 80053486144     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.640     Document Type: Article

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