| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-25页 |
| ·Chinese American Literature and Chinese American Identity | 第9-15页 |
| ·Biographical Information and the Plot of Bone | 第15-16页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第16-18页 |
| ·Thesis Statement | 第18-19页 |
| ·Methodology and Related Theories | 第19-23页 |
| ·Structure | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 2 Identity Crisis | 第25-34页 |
| ·Identity Crisis of Chinese American Ethnic People | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Shattering of Leon's American Dream and His Identity Crisis | 第26-29页 |
| ·Ona's Identity Crisis and Failure to Get Through | 第29-32页 |
| ·The Identity Crisis of Leila and Other Family Members | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Cause of Identity Crisis:Trauma | 第34-47页 |
| ·Symptoms of Trauma | 第34-36页 |
| ·A Literary Instance of Trauma | 第36-39页 |
| ·Situating the Trauma in Bone | 第39-43页 |
| ·What is behind the Traumatizing Event? | 第43-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Working Through the Trauma | 第47-63页 |
| ·Help of Community in Bone | 第49-51页 |
| ·Love between the Family Members | 第51-53页 |
| ·Individual Rituals of Working through | 第53-63页 |
| ·Leon's Rituals | 第53-58页 |
| ·Escape | 第54-55页 |
| ·Language to Resist | 第55-57页 |
| ·Mourning | 第57-58页 |
| ·Leila's Approaches | 第58-63页 |
| ·Leila's Critical Thoughts | 第58-59页 |
| ·Leila's Narration | 第59-63页 |
| Chapter 5 Construction of Hybrid Chinese American Identity | 第63-71页 |
| ·The Newly-Constructed Identity of Leon | 第64-67页 |
| ·The Hybrid Identity of Leila | 第67-71页 |
| Conclusion | 第71-77页 |
| Works Cited | 第77-81页 |
