| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·Background,Influences and Experience of James Baldwin | 第10-15页 |
| ·A Brief Summary of Go Tell It on the Mountain | 第15-16页 |
| ·Social and Cultural Setting of America in 1960s | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Searching for Dignity | 第19-37页 |
| ·John and Religion | 第19-25页 |
| ·John's Status in Religion | 第20-21页 |
| ·John's Convention Behavior | 第21-25页 |
| ·Separation and Combination | 第25-29页 |
| ·Divergence and Community of Black History | 第25-28页 |
| ·Combination of Self and Community | 第28-29页 |
| ·A Glimpse of God | 第29-37页 |
| ·God in John's Mind | 第30-33页 |
| ·John and God | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Searching for Selfness | 第37-64页 |
| ·John's Selfness | 第37-47页 |
| ·Black Masculinity Tradition | 第38-42页 |
| ·Acceptance of Tradition | 第42-47页 |
| ·John's Consciousness of Selfness | 第47-56页 |
| ·Identification and Separation | 第48-52页 |
| ·Fragmented Selves and Conflict | 第52-56页 |
| ·Typical Black Community | 第56-64页 |
| ·Communities and Selfness | 第56-60页 |
| ·Personality and Identification | 第60-64页 |
| Chapter 4 Searching for Self-Confidence | 第64-74页 |
| ·John's Choice between Reliance and Suspicion | 第64-68页 |
| ·Reliance and Self-Support | 第65-67页 |
| ·Qualitative Change | 第67-68页 |
| ·John's Personal Confrontation | 第68-74页 |
| ·Unstable Status in Community | 第69-72页 |
| ·Renaissance and Transcending Hatred | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第74-80页 |
| Works Cited | 第80-82页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第82页 |