| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| ·Development of Chinese American Literature | 第9-11页 |
| ·An Introduction to Amy Tan and The Bonesetter's Daughter | 第11-14页 |
| ·Literary Review of the Study of The Bonesetter's Daughter | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two Research Methodology | 第17-22页 |
| ·An Introduction to Post-colonialism | 第17-18页 |
| ·Edward Said's Concept of Other | 第18-20页 |
| ·Homi Bhabha and His "Third Space" | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three Both Mother and Daughter as the Other | 第22-32页 |
| ·Ethnic Other | 第22-25页 |
| ·Gender Other | 第25-29页 |
| ·Language Other | 第29-32页 |
| ·Cultural and Social Backgrounds | 第29-30页 |
| ·Confusion and Dilemma of Mother and Daughter | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Identity Reconstruction | 第32-44页 |
| ·Ruth's Ethnic Identity Construction in Pursuit of the Past | 第32-39页 |
| ·Conflicts between Mother and Daughter | 第32-37页 |
| ·Family Root in China | 第37-39页 |
| ·Ruth's Social Identity Construction in Transcendence of the Past | 第39-44页 |
| ·Realization of Dual Cultural Identity in America | 第40-41页 |
| ·Reconstruction of Gender Ego | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter Five Harmonious Ending of the Novel | 第44-51页 |
| ·Harmonies Achieved by Ruth | 第44-49页 |
| ·Building a New Relationship between Mother and Daughter | 第44-47页 |
| ·Building a New Relationship with Her Boyfriend | 第47-49页 |
| ·Ruth in Third Space | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-57页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第57-58页 |
| Publication | 第58页 |
