| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One INTRODICTION | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-18页 |
| ·Chinese Canadian Writers and Denise Chong's The Concubine's Children | 第13-16页 |
| ·Studies on Chinese Canadian Literature at Home and Abroad | 第16-17页 |
| ·A New Scope of This Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Three SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION TO CANADA | 第18-30页 |
| ·The Pushing Forces in China | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Pulling Forces in Canada | 第19-20页 |
| ·Canada's Immigration Acts and the Influences | 第20-30页 |
| Chapter Four SAM'S AND MAY-YING'S STRUGGLE AND HOPE FOR LIFE | 第30-49页 |
| ·May-ying as Sam's Concubine to Canada | 第30-37页 |
| ·Marginalized by Chinese Man-dominated Patriarchy | 第31-35页 |
| ·Victimized by Anti-Chinese Racism | 第35-37页 |
| ·Sam's and May-ying's Struggle to Support the Family | 第37-41页 |
| ·Sam Worked as a Human Machine | 第38-40页 |
| ·May-ying as the Actual Provider for the Family | 第40-41页 |
| ·Sm's and May-ying's Hope for Life | 第41-49页 |
| ·Sam's Hope for Family Glory and Family Reunion | 第42-45页 |
| ·May-ying's Hope for Independence and Freedom | 第45-49页 |
| Chapter Five STRUGGLE AND HOPE OF THE CONCUBINE'S CHILDREN | 第49-58页 |
| ·Hing's Struggle and Hope in Canada | 第49-52页 |
| ·Ping's and Nan's Fate and Tragedy in China | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Hope of May-ying's Grandchildren | 第54-56页 |
| ·Undivided Kinship:Family Ethos and Values | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第58-60页 |
| REFERENCES | 第60-62页 |
