| 单词 | passing novel |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspassing novel passing novel n. a novel about passing as a member of a different ethnic, religious, or sexual group. ΚΠ 1964 E. C. Holmes in J. H. Clarke Harlem U.S.A. 345 James Weldon Johnson..wrote ‘passing’ novels, i.e. novels about Negroes who were able to pass as whites. 1997 Amer. Lit. 69 144 While the passing novel seems to subvert the stability of racial categories, it does so within a framework of individualism. 2000 S. B. Somerville Queering Color Line iii. 83 The passing novel offered to challenge the stability of racial categories. < as lemmas |
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