| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| Chapter 1 The Pursuit of the American Dream | 第19-37页 |
| ·Macon Dead Sr.’s American Dream | 第19-24页 |
| ·Macon Dead Ⅱ’s American Dream | 第24-30页 |
| ·B1 eached Black | 第25-26页 |
| ·Emotionless Money-seeker | 第26-30页 |
| ·Guitar’s American Dream | 第30-37页 |
| Chapter 2 The Perplexities in Pursuing American Dream | 第37-53页 |
| ·Macon: Caught Between Two Worlds | 第37-44页 |
| ·Attempt to Walk toward the Mainstream | 第37-38页 |
| ·Away from His Black Community | 第38-39页 |
| ·Fractured Familial Relationship | 第39-44页 |
| ·Ruth: Living in A Patriarchal House | 第44-49页 |
| ·Hagar: Victim of White Norms | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter 3 Black Heritage: A Way out of the Dreamers’Perplexities | 第53-63页 |
| ·B1ack Music: Blues | 第53-56页 |
| ·Awakening of Self-consciousness | 第54-55页 |
| ·Way of Transmitting the Culture | 第55-56页 |
| ·Significance of Rituals | 第56-59页 |
| ·Pilate: A Natural Healer | 第59-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| Works Cited | 第66-69页 |
