| Abstract in English | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-8页 |
| Preface | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter 1. Introduction | 第13-25页 |
| ·Thesis statement: study of self-identity | 第13-14页 |
| 1. 2. The Amy Tan Phenomenon | 第14-21页 |
| ·Amy Tan's own story and her resources for her novel | 第14-19页 |
| ·The Amy Tan Phenomenon | 第19-21页 |
| ·Methodology and structure | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter 2. Two stages for Chinese struggle and American struggle | 第25-33页 |
| ·.Chinese stage | 第25-29页 |
| ·Background in pre-communist China | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Story of Kitchen God's wife | 第26-27页 |
| ·Myth—the Kitchen God's story | 第27-29页 |
| ·American stage | 第29-31页 |
| ·Difference and common parts between pre-communist China and America of 1940s— 1980s | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 3. Weiwei 's road to freedom | 第33-46页 |
| ·The road to the destiny of non-existence | 第33-36页 |
| ·Weiwei's puzzles and misunderstandings of identity | 第33-34页 |
| ·The road to the destiny of non-existence | 第34-36页 |
| ·Doubt and awakening | 第36-38页 |
| ·Subversion—regaining of the lost identity | 第38-46页 |
| ·Revenge: the first step | 第38-39页 |
| ·Divorce: the second step to achieve self-identity by means of laws | 第39-44页 |
| ·Violence: self-guard with gun, the third step | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 4. Mother-Daughter identity | 第46-58页 |
| ·The hidden "Mother" —voiceless and silent | 第46-51页 |
| ·Some questions | 第46-48页 |
| ·Mother's choice to be double voiceless | 第48-51页 |
| ·Pearl's puzzles on mother-daughter identity | 第51-53页 |
| ·Mutual identity of mother and daughter | 第53-58页 |
| Chapter 5.Conclusion | 第58-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-64页 |
