| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| English Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-13页 |
| 1. Tan’s Mother-daughter Relationship Writing and Thesis Statement | 第7-10页 |
| 2. Methodology and Structure | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Identifying with Mother: Tan’s Intended Cultural Identity | 第13-23页 |
| 1. Identity Crisis: The Starting Point of Finding One’s Self-identity | 第13-14页 |
| 2. Conflicting Relationship between Mother and Daughter | 第14-19页 |
| 3. Mother and Daughter Reconciliation | 第19-23页 |
| Chapter Two Othering Mother: Tan’s Real Cultural Identity | 第23-36页 |
| 1. The Questionable and Idealistic Part of Mother | 第24-26页 |
| 2. The Orientalist Discourse | 第26-31页 |
| ·Said’s Orientalism | 第26-28页 |
| ·Faith versus Fate | 第28-31页 |
| 3. Tan’s Real Identity | 第31-36页 |
| Chapter Three Memory and Experience: Keys to the Discrepancy of Tan’s Cultural Identity | 第36-46页 |
| 1. The Significance of Memory | 第36-39页 |
| 2. The Significance of Experience | 第39-42页 |
| 3. Tan’s Awareness of Identity Creating | 第42-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-49页 |
