| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Kiran Desai and The Inheritance of Loss | 第11-15页 |
| ·Literary Review | 第15-19页 |
| ·The Framework of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter One Diaspora | 第21-31页 |
| ·Definition of Diaspora | 第21-27页 |
| ·Homeland for Diasporic people | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Two The Formation of the Indian Diasporas—Living in a Putative Homeland | 第31-51页 |
| ·The Alienation of the Judge | 第31-45页 |
| ·The Initial Distortion of the Judge | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Solitude of the Judge | 第33-36页 |
| ·The Exile of the Judge | 第36-45页 |
| ·The Loss of Sai | 第45-51页 |
| ·The Distortion in British Convent | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Repression in Kalimpong | 第46-51页 |
| Chapter Three The Formation of Diasporic Immigrants in New York | 第51-63页 |
| ·Biju’s Insistence on Indianness | 第51-56页 |
| ·Saeed Saeed’s Illusory Americanness | 第56-59页 |
| ·The Dilemma of the Lawful Immigrant Harish-Harry | 第59-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-71页 |
