| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第1-11页 |
| 1．1 Statement of the study | 第7-9页 |
| 1．2 Structure of the dissertation | 第9-11页 |
| CHAPTER TWO JOANNA BURDEN'S BLACK ORIGIN | 第11-21页 |
| 2．1 The Southern criteria for ethnicity | 第11-13页 |
| 2．2 Joanna Burden's black origin | 第13-16页 |
| 2．2．1 Joanna Burden's Negroid grandmother | 第13-14页 |
| 2．2．2 Grandmother's slavery | 第14页 |
| 2．2．3 Grandmother's passing the color line | 第14-16页 |
| 2．3 Argument against Joanna's white identity | 第16-21页 |
| 2．3．1 The subjective remarks of the other characters | 第16-18页 |
| 2．3．2 Little Joanna Burden's misconception about race | 第18-21页 |
| CHAPTER THREE JOANNA BURDEN'S ANTI-RACIST ATTITUDE | 第21-31页 |
| 3．1 The general racial attitude in the South | 第21-24页 |
| 3．2 Formation of Joanna Burden's anti-racist attitude | 第24-31页 |
| 3．2．1 The background of Joanna's anti-racist attitude | 第24-25页 |
| 3．2．2 The influence of father's racial attitude on Joanna | 第25-31页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR JOANNA BURDEN'S ANTI-RACIST BEHAVIOR | 第31-43页 |
| 4．1 Joanna Burden and common blacks | 第31-37页 |
| 4．2 Joanna Burden and Joe Christmas | 第37-43页 |
| 4．2．1 Joanna's purpose of making a man of Joe | 第37-40页 |
| 4．2．2 The dehumanization of Joe Christmas | 第40-43页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第43-46页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第46-47页 |
