| Descriptive Chinese Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| English Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| Chapter I Silence of Chinese Mothers before American Daughters | 第17-30页 |
| ·Silence of Mothers’Language before Daughters | 第18-22页 |
| ·Silence of Mothers’Cultural Value before Daughters | 第22-26页 |
| ·Silence of Mothers’Communicative Styles before Daughters | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter II Silence of Women under Patriarchy | 第30-38页 |
| ·Silence of Women in Chinese Traditional Patriarchal Culture | 第30-34页 |
| ·Silence of Women in American Patriarchal Culture | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter III Silence of Chinese Culture under American Mainstream Culture | 第38-50页 |
| ·Chinese Food Culture | 第38-43页 |
| ·Traditional Chinese Beliefs | 第43-50页 |
| Chapter IV Breaking Silence, Speaking out the Voice of Their Own | 第50-58页 |
| ·Breaking Silence between Generations: Story-telling | 第50-52页 |
| ·Breaking Silence between Genders: Reconstructing Female Subjectivity | 第52-55页 |
| ·Breaking Silence between Cultures: Reshaping Chinese American Women’s Cultural Identity | 第55-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| References | 第60-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-65页 |
| Publications during the Program | 第65-66页 |
| 中文提要 | 第66-69页 |
