| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第14-22页 |
| ·Conceptual Culture and Intercultural Communication | 第14-17页 |
| ·Conceptual Culture | 第14-15页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Joy Luck Club and Its Author | 第17-20页 |
| ·The Joy Luck Club | 第17-18页 |
| ·Amy Tan | 第18-20页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Conceptual Cultural Conflicts in The Joy Luck Club | 第22-46页 |
| ·Conflicts of Religious Beliefs between Chinese and Americans | 第22-29页 |
| ·Taoism in China | 第22-28页 |
| ·Fengshui and Yin-yang in China | 第23-26页 |
| ·Five Elements in China | 第26-28页 |
| ·Christianity in America | 第28-29页 |
| ·Conflicts of Family Concepts between Chinese and Americans | 第29-36页 |
| ·Different Views of Filial Love | 第29-31页 |
| ·Different Views of Nurturing | 第31-34页 |
| ·Different Views of Marriage | 第34-36页 |
| ·Conflicts of Languages and Ways of Language Expressions between Chinese and Americans | 第36-42页 |
| ·Conflicts of Languages | 第37-39页 |
| ·Conflicts of Ways of Language Expressions | 第39-42页 |
| ·Chinese-style Indirectness | 第39-41页 |
| ·American-style Directness | 第41-42页 |
| ·Conflicts of Social Customs between Chinese and Americans | 第42-46页 |
| ·Different Food Customs | 第42-44页 |
| ·Different Etiquette Customs | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Three Conceptual Cultural Fusions in The Joy Luck Club | 第46-54页 |
| ·Mutual Understanding between Mothers and Daughters | 第46-49页 |
| ·Conceptual Cultural Fusions | 第49-54页 |
| ·Fusions of Languages and Ways of Language Expressions | 第50-51页 |
| ·Fusions of Religious Beliefs | 第51-52页 |
| ·Fusions of Social Customs | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Four Causes of Conflicts and Fusions in The Joy Luck Club | 第54-64页 |
| ·Causes of Conceptual Cultural Conflicts | 第54-58页 |
| ·Causes from History | 第54-56页 |
| ·Causes from Philosophical Perspective | 第56-57页 |
| ·Causes from Different Cultures | 第57-58页 |
| ·Causes of Conceptual Cultural Fusions | 第58-64页 |
| ·Causes from Love between Mother and Daughter | 第58-60页 |
| ·Causes from Intercultural Communication | 第60-61页 |
| ·Causes from Science and Technology | 第61-64页 |
| Chapter Five Strategies of Avoiding Conceptual Cultural Conflicts | 第64-68页 |
| ·Strategies of Chinese and American Cultural Exchanges | 第64-65页 |
| ·Strategies of Chinese and American Economic and Trade Co-operations | 第65页 |
| ·Strategies of Chinese and American Mutual Developments | 第65-68页 |
| Conclusion | 第68-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-71页 |
