| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Alice Walker and Meridian | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Background of This Research | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 Structure of This Research | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Review of Literature | 第18-29页 |
| 2.1 The Current Research about Postcolonial Feminism in Literature | 第18-23页 |
| 2.2 The Current Research about Alice Walker at Home and Abroad | 第23-26页 |
| 2.3 The Current Research about Meridian from the Perspective of Postcolonial Feminism at Home and Abroad | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three Black Women's Dilemma in Meridian | 第29-48页 |
| 3.1 Black Women's Low Social Status | 第29-34页 |
| 3.1.1 Colonial Rules | 第29-32页 |
| 3.1.2 Patriarchal Oppression | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2 Black Women's Low Status in Meridian | 第34-43页 |
| 3.2.1 Meridian as a Social Member | 第35-40页 |
| 3.2.2 Meridian as a Family Member | 第40-43页 |
| 3.3 Black Women as Identity Losers in Meridian | 第43-48页 |
| 3.3.1 As Neither a Daughter nor a Mother | 第43-45页 |
| 3.3.2 As a Black Culture Identity Loser | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four Black Women's Struggle in Meridian | 第48-61页 |
| 4.1 As a Civil Rights Activist in the Society | 第48-52页 |
| 4.1.1 Civil Rights Movement in American History | 第48-51页 |
| 4.1.2 Civil Rights Movement in Meridian | 第51-52页 |
| 4.2 As an Independent Woman Far away from Family | 第52-56页 |
| 4.2.1 Temporal Escape from the Responsibility of a Wife | 第53-55页 |
| 4.2.2 Temporal Escape from the Responsibility of a Mother | 第55-56页 |
| 4.3 As an Identity Seeker back to Hometown | 第56-61页 |
| 4.3.1 As Both a Daughter and a Mother | 第57-58页 |
| 4.3.2 Music and Church as Representatives of Black Culture | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Five Black Women's Achievement of Identity in Meridian | 第61-68页 |
| 5.1 Meridian's Triumph as a Black Woman | 第61-64页 |
| 5.1.1 Acceptance by the Society | 第61-63页 |
| 5.1.2 Acceptance by the Family | 第63-64页 |
| 5.2 Meridian's Triumph as a Successor of Black Culture | 第64-68页 |
| 5.2.1 As an Inheritor of Her Maternal Ancestors' Intelligences | 第64-66页 |
| 5.2.2 As an Inheritor of Black Culture | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第68-72页 |
| 6.1 The Significance of This Research | 第68-69页 |
| 6.2 The Contribution of This Research | 第69-70页 |
| 6.3 The Limitations of This Research | 第70-72页 |
| References | 第72-77页 |
