| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-28页 |
| A. Thesis Statement | 第9-12页 |
| B. Theoretical Framework | 第12-21页 |
| 1. Introduction to "spatial turn" | 第12-17页 |
| 2. Lefebvre's "spatial triad" | 第17-21页 |
| C. Literature Review | 第21-28页 |
| Chapter 1 Breakthrough of Ethnic Space | 第28-41页 |
| ·Social space of Chinese-American community | 第29-30页 |
| ·Spatial practice of the immigrant mothers: construction of liminal space | 第30-34页 |
| ·Spatial struggle of young Chinese immigrants: anxiety over ethnic identity | 第34-41页 |
| Chapter 2 Contest for Gendered Space | 第41-60页 |
| ·Marginalized "other" space of women | 第41-49页 |
| ·An-mei Hsu's mother in The Joy Luck Club | 第43-45页 |
| ·Winnie Jiang in The Kitchen God's Wife | 第45-47页 |
| ·Precious Auntie in The Bonesetter's Daughter | 第47-49页 |
| ·Accomplices to the male-donimated system | 第49-51页 |
| ·Body politics | 第51-55页 |
| ·Spatial politics of female body | 第51-54页 |
| ·Resistance of body politics- bodily spatial practices | 第54-55页 |
| ·Family space and identity construction | 第55-60页 |
| Chapter 3 Spatial Representation of Homeland Culture | 第60-76页 |
| ·Nostalgia for the motherland | 第60-63页 |
| ·Cultural representation | 第63-65页 |
| ·Cultural codes | 第65-72页 |
| ·Confucian philosophy | 第66-67页 |
| ·Mah jong gathering | 第67页 |
| ·Moon Festival | 第67-68页 |
| ·Chinese Zodiac | 第68-69页 |
| ·Feng Shui beliefs | 第69-70页 |
| ·Five Elements theory | 第70-72页 |
| ·Root exploration | 第72-76页 |
| Chapter 4 Interwoven Time and Space | 第76-87页 |
| ·Collective memory and cultural memory | 第76-78页 |
| ·Memory and silence | 第78-80页 |
| ·Chronotope in the novel | 第80-87页 |
| Conclusion | 第87-90页 |
| Bibliography | 第90-93页 |
