| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第12-19页 |
| CHAPTER 1 LOSS OF SELF IDENTITY | 第19-30页 |
| ·Dilemma of Being a Black Woman | 第19-27页 |
| ·Oppression from the Patriarchy | 第19-24页 |
| ·Profitable Means to Her Father | 第21-22页 |
| ·Reproductive Tool to Her Male Boss | 第22-23页 |
| ·Sexual Organ to Her Husband | 第23-24页 |
| ·Mistreatments from the Colonialist World | 第24-27页 |
| ·Plight of Being an Abandoned Child | 第27-30页 |
| ·Discarded by Her Parents | 第27-28页 |
| ·Expelled from Peers | 第28-30页 |
| CHAPTER 2 EXPLORATION FOR SELF RECOGNITION | 第30-43页 |
| ·Black Woman's Search of Self-identity | 第30-40页 |
| ·Xuela's Awakening of Female Consciousness | 第30-35页 |
| ·Questioning the Rationality of the Patriarchy | 第31-33页 |
| ·Inquiring a Way Out for Female Nonconformity | 第33-35页 |
| ·Xuela's Awareness of the National Consciousness | 第35-40页 |
| ·Doubtful about the Justification of Colonialism | 第35-39页 |
| ·Identification with Her Own Nation | 第39-40页 |
| ·Quest for Self-possession | 第40-43页 |
| ·Estranged from Lise | 第40-41页 |
| ·Indulged in Self-fetishification | 第41-43页 |
| CHAPTER 3 ACHIEVEMENT OF SELF FULFILMENT | 第43-57页 |
| ·Self-fulfilment as a Black Woman | 第43-49页 |
| ·Violation of the Patriarchy | 第43-45页 |
| ·Defiance of Father's authority | 第43-44页 |
| ·Challenging to Lovers' will | 第44-45页 |
| ·Subversion of Colonialism | 第45-49页 |
| ·Exposing the Evils of the Colonial Education | 第46-48页 |
| ·Uncovering the Corruptions of the Colonial Religion | 第48-49页 |
| ·Achievement of Self-making | 第49-57页 |
| ·Accomplishment of Spiritual Rebirth | 第50-52页 |
| ·Making Connection with Mother | 第50-51页 |
| ·Gaining Understanding of Father | 第51-52页 |
| ·Completion of Physical Liberation | 第52-57页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-60页 |