| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| I Miserable Life of Female Mulattos in American Literature | 第17-25页 |
| ·Female Mulattos’ Images in Literary Works | 第17-22页 |
| ·Female Mulattos in Cane River | 第22-25页 |
| II Emily: Survival by “Bleaching the Line” | 第25-38页 |
| ·Avoiding Persecution by the Radical Whites | 第25-30页 |
| ·Preparing to be Whites | 第30-34页 |
| ·Passing for Whites | 第34-38页 |
| III Phelomene: Survival by Returning to the Black Culture | 第38-54页 |
| ·Reuniting Scattered Family Members | 第38-43页 |
| ·Protecting Family Members with Sisterhood | 第43-48页 |
| ·Inheriting Traditional Black Culture from Ancestors | 第48-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Works Cited | 第56-62页 |
| Appendix A | 第62-64页 |
| Appendix B | 第64-67页 |
