| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-21页 |
| 1.1 Gish Jen and Her Literary Works | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 The Novel of The Love Wife | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第13-16页 |
| 1.4 Thesis Statement | 第16页 |
| 1.5 Theoretical Framework | 第16-18页 |
| 1.6 Thesis Structure | 第18-21页 |
| CHAPTER TWO CONFLICTS RESULTING FROM INTERRACIAL PREJUDICES | 第21-37页 |
| 2.1 Non-white Posited as Essentialized Other by White Racism | 第22-32页 |
| 2.1.1 Blondie’s White Supremacist Ideology | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.2 Mama Wong and Lan as the Racial Other | 第25-32页 |
| 2.2 ChineseAmericans’Racial Prejudices against the White | 第32-35页 |
| 2.2.1 “One Hundred Percent Like Monkey” | 第33页 |
| 2.2.2 Mama Wong’s Distrust in Blondie | 第33-35页 |
| 2.3 AConclusion | 第35-37页 |
| CHAPTER THREE CONFLICTS CAUSED BY DIFFERENT CULTURAL IDENTIFICATION | 第37-45页 |
| 3.1 Generational Conflicts between Mama Wong and Carnegie | 第38-42页 |
| 3.1.1 Disagreements on Parent-Children Relationship | 第38-40页 |
| 3.1.2 Different Understandings of Marriage | 第40-41页 |
| 3.1.3 Disparities onAdoption | 第41-42页 |
| 3.2 Conflicts between Culturally Different Lan and Blondie | 第42-45页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT OF CONFLICTS IN THE WONG FAMILY | 第45-57页 |
| 4.1 Equality | 第45-47页 |
| 4.2 Mutual Understanding | 第47-52页 |
| 4.2.1 Carnegie’s Gradual Understanding of Mama Wong | 第48-49页 |
| 4.2.2 Blondie’sAttempts to Understand Lan | 第49-52页 |
| 4.3 Love | 第52-57页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第57-59页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第59-61页 |
