The Chinese in Canada: Their unrecognized religion

Religion and Ethnicity in Canada

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 89-110

  Lai, David Chuenyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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24. CD-ROM of annotated illustrations introducing Chinese religion, supplementing the two texts from Wadsworth Publishing: Chinese Religion Illustrated, by Jordan Paper (1998).
25. The following two commercial films illustrate generational conflict but not religion per se: Double Happiness, directed by Mima Shum (1995), and Pushing Hands, directed by Ang Lee (1992).
26. The following two documentaries are best seen as a pair, as they illustrate the two phases of Chinese immigration to Canada, as well as socio-economic differences: The Third Heaven, produced by Yves Bisaillon and Jacques Ménard (National Film Board of Canada, 1998); Unwanted Soldiers, produced by Karen King (National Film Board of Canada, 1999).