| ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-17页 |
| ·Significance of the Topic | 第8页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第8-16页 |
| ·Study of Beloved in the West | 第9-14页 |
| ·Study of Beloved in China | 第14-16页 |
| ·Originality of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Motherhood | 第17-30页 |
| ·Historical Views of Motherhood | 第17-20页 |
| ·African Americans’Ideas about Motherhood | 第20-23页 |
| ·Othermothering and community mothering | 第21-22页 |
| ·Motherhood as social activism and as a site of power | 第22页 |
| ·Matrifocality | 第22-23页 |
| ·Nuturance as resistance: providing a | 第23页 |
| ·The motherline: mothers as cultural bearers | 第23页 |
| ·Morrison’s Views of Motherhood | 第23-30页 |
| ·Motherhood as a site of power | 第24-27页 |
| ·Motherwork as the empowerment of childre | 第27-28页 |
| ·The representation of black motherhood | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Deformed Motherhood in Beloved | 第30-54页 |
| ·Manifestations of Deformed Motherhood | 第30-36页 |
| ·Abnormal maternal love | 第31-33页 |
| ·Unhealthy daughter-mother relationship | 第33-36页 |
| ·Causes of Deformed Motherhood | 第36-42页 |
| ·Slavery | 第36-38页 |
| ·Disruption of the motherline | 第38-40页 |
| ·Community’s exclusion | 第40-42页 |
| ·Development of Normal Motherhood | 第42-54页 |
| ·Development of sisterhood | 第43-45页 |
| ·Empowerment of othermothers and community mothers | 第45-48页 |
| ·Strong ties between individuals and the community | 第48-50页 |
| ·Role of male counterpart | 第50-54页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-62页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第62-63页 |
| The Author’s Recent Publications | 第63页 |
