Words similar to chineseness
Example sentences for: chineseness
How can you use “chineseness” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The indelible Chineseness of Chinese immigrants was the rationale for the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
And what is Chineseness?
Why, it's their Chineseness, of course.
Which means that in the diaspora, Chineseness is not a more authentic way of being; it is just a decision to act Chinese.
That I should feel this way testifies, I think, to the magnetic pull of "Chineseness," whatever that might mean--and to the growing allure of diasporan identity.