Critical Writing Index

Asian Invasion vs. The Pristine Nation: Migrants entering the Canadian Imaginary

by Larissa Lai

Fuse, Sept. Fall 2000, v. 23, no. 2, pp. 30-40

DARE (Direct Action against Refugee Exploitation) and Video In organized a public event called Exposure. The exhibition features videos about land, migration and borders. The event comes out of a response to government, media and public racism prompted by the treatment of recent Chinese migrants.

ITEM 2000.052 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Who Gets In? – Barry Greenwald

The White Shirt – Dana Claxton

Unmapping Desire – Sheila James

I am a Refugee – Paul Wong

Prisoner's Lament – Paul Wong

Nu Shu: a Hidden Language of Women in China – Yang Yue-quing