| 释义 |
Negroness|ˈniːgrəʊnɪs|
[f. Negro + -ness.]
Negro qualities and characteristics in the aggregate.
1946Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 29 June 42 The native suffixes -hood, -ness, and -wright have given us Hottentot⁓hood and sahib-hood; at-easeness, Negroness, and tasklessness; and filmwright. 1958J. Kerouac Subterraneans 31 The old eccentric lady not any more conscious of her Negroness. 1965Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1047/5 He had to confront being ‘Baldwin’ without atrophying into an idol, and his method is to transcend enforced initial Negroness, even to avoid being ‘a Negro writer’, or any ‘Negro’ trap. 1971G. S. Holt in T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out (1972) 155 So identifying someone as ‘Jew’ or ‘Negro’ devastates the category of Negroness or Jewishness more so than saying Negro writer, Jewish doctor. 1973Black World Mar. 19 Bakara asks: ‘Where is the Negro-ness of a literature written in imitation of the meanest of social intelligences to be found in American culture, i.e., the white middle class?’ |