| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-10页 |
| 1． Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| 2． Preservation of Blackness | 第16-31页 |
| 2．1 Clinging to the blues | 第17-26页 |
| 2．1．1 Mrs MacTeer—a cultural bearer | 第19-23页 |
| 2．1．2 Claudia—a cultural receiver | 第23-24页 |
| 2．1．3 Poland—an independent singer | 第24-26页 |
| 2．2 The sense of black community | 第26-31页 |
| 2．2．1 The relationship between community and individuals | 第26-28页 |
| 2．2．2 The black women—the"tar women" | 第28-31页 |
| 3． Loss of Blackness | 第31-43页 |
| 3．1 The loss of the black music | 第31-37页 |
| 3．1．1 Pauline—an abandoner of the blues | 第31-34页 |
| 3．1．2 Cholly—a dangerous freeman | 第34页 |
| 3．1．3 Pecola—a girl unconscious of culture | 第34-37页 |
| 3．2 The loss of the community sense | 第37-39页 |
| 3．3 The loss of taste for art | 第39-40页 |
| 3．4 The loss of the ancestor | 第40-43页 |
| 4． Conclusion | 第43-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-47页 |
