| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-24页 |
| 1.1 Colson Whitehead and The Underground Railroad | 第10-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第14-17页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Framework | 第17-21页 |
| 1.4 Significance and Layout of the Thesis | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two Representation of Space Constructed by the Dominant Whites | 第24-36页 |
| 2.1 Excluding Blacks from Social Space as Property | 第25-30页 |
| 2.1.1 Limitation of Blacks' Living Space | 第25-28页 |
| 2.1.2 Power Discipline Hidden in Public Execution | 第28-30页 |
| 2.2 Accepting Blacks into Social Space as Inferior Groups | 第30-36页 |
| 2.2.1 Dominance of History Writing | 第30-32页 |
| 2.2.2 Superiority in Knowledge | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter Three Compliant Spatial Practice and the Disciplined Representational Space of Blacks | 第36-46页 |
| 3.1 Compliant Spatial Practice of Blacks | 第36-42页 |
| 3.1.1 Obedience of Black Slaves | 第37-40页 |
| 3.1.2 Reconciliation of Homer | 第40-42页 |
| 3.2 Disciplined Spatial Practice of Common Whites | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter Four Rebellious Spatial Practice and the Defiant Representational Space of Blacks | 第46-58页 |
| 4.1 Rebellious Spatial Practice of Blacks | 第46-53页 |
| 4.1.1 Escaping from the Control of the Plantation Owners | 第46-50页 |
| 4.1.2 Constructing the Black Community | 第50-53页 |
| 4.2 Rebellious Spatial Practice of White Abolitionists | 第53-58页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第58-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-66页 |
| 攻读学位期间科研成果 | 第66页 |
