| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter 1 How Mary Austin Became an Ecofeminist | 第15-31页 |
| ·Grown in an Feminist and Environmentalist Era | 第15-22页 |
| ·Influenced by Feminism | 第15-19页 |
| ·Influenced by Environmentalism | 第19-22页 |
| ·Special Personal Experience | 第22-27页 |
| ·A Rebelling Daughter and Wife | 第22-24页 |
| ·Nature’s Enlightenment | 第24-27页 |
| ·Canonized as an Ecofeminist Writer | 第27-31页 |
| ·Writing about Nature and Women | 第27-29页 |
| ·Writing against Patriarchal Thought | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 2 Austin’s Desert in an Ecofeminist Perspective | 第31-49页 |
| ·Austin’s Desert as a Hero | 第32-38页 |
| ·Desert as a Speaking Subject | 第32-34页 |
| ·A Desert against Industrial Civilization | 第34-36页 |
| ·Treating Non-human on Equal Terms | 第36-38页 |
| ·Austin’s Desert as a Mother | 第38-44页 |
| ·A Feminized Desert | 第38-39页 |
| ·Special Connections with Marginalized People | 第39-42页 |
| ·Nurturing Human and Non-human | 第42-44页 |
| ·Austin’s Desert as a Mediator | 第44-49页 |
| ·A Desert for the Construction of Human Relationship | 第44-46页 |
| ·A Desert as a Bridge between Human and Nature | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter 3 People’s Response to the Desert in Austin’s Eyes | 第49-57页 |
| ·Acclimation | 第49-51页 |
| ·Love and Reliance | 第51-54页 |
| ·Respect and Awe | 第54-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Notes | 第59-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66-67页 |
| Publications | 第67页 |
