| ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第9-10页 |
| Table of Contents | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter Two THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter Three THE SUPEREGO IN THE MOTHERS | 第19-35页 |
| ·Filial Piety | 第20-28页 |
| ·Lindo's piety to Huang Taitai | 第20-24页 |
| ·An-mei's mother cutting flesh for Popo | 第24-26页 |
| ·Ying-ying's arranged marriage | 第26-28页 |
| ·Subordination to Husbands | 第28-35页 |
| ·Lindo treating Tyan-yu like God | 第29-31页 |
| ·An-mei and the five wives | 第31-33页 |
| ·Ying-ying as an obedient wife | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four THE ID IN THE DAUGHTERS | 第35-47页 |
| ·Defiance to Maternal Authority | 第35-40页 |
| ·Jing-mei's refusal to play the piano | 第35-38页 |
| ·Waverly's refusal to be her mother's trophy | 第38-40页 |
| ·Disobedience to Husbands | 第40-47页 |
| ·Lena and the rice husband | 第40-42页 |
| ·Rose's divorce | 第42-44页 |
| ·Waverly's divorce | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Five THE ID IN THE MOTHERS AND THE SUPEREGO IN THE DAUGHTERS | 第47-64页 |
| ·The Id in the Mothers | 第47-56页 |
| ·Lindo's freedom from the Huangs | 第47-51页 |
| ·Ying-ying's freedom from her husband | 第51-53页 |
| ·Suyuan and the Joy Luck Club | 第53-56页 |
| ·The Superego in the Daughters | 第56-64页 |
| ·Waverly:permission of her marriage | 第56-58页 |
| ·Lena:the efforts to please her husband | 第58-60页 |
| ·Jing-mei and the "worst quality crab" | 第60-64页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第64-66页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第66-68页 |