| 内容提要 | 第1-5页 |
| Synopsis | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Enslaved Mothers and Questing Daughters | 第11-26页 |
| ·Enslavement of Black Women | 第11-15页 |
| ·Maternal Bond and Female Growth: Conflicts Between Influence and Autonomy | 第15-26页 |
| ·Nanny and Janie: Slave Mother and Free Daughter | 第16-19页 |
| ·Hannah and Sula: Distant Mother and Experimental Daughte | 第19-22页 |
| ·Helene and Nel: Manipulating Mother and Submissive Daughte | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter 2 Black Community and Female Self-definition | 第26-42页 |
| ·Black Community: A Confluence of Enrichment and Restriction | 第26-27页 |
| ·Towards an Ideal Relationship between Men and Women:Comradeship | 第27-37页 |
| ·Female Friendship: A Vehicle of Self-Knowledge | 第37-42页 |
| Chapter 3 Towards a True and Authentic Autonomy of Women | 第42-51页 |
| ·Janie: A Courageous Woman Transiting from Survival to Truth | 第43-45页 |
| ·Sula: A Non-empathetic Woman with Moral Ambiguity | 第45-48页 |
| ·Nel: A Middle-Class Woman of Degenerative Goodness | 第48-51页 |
| Conclusion | 第51-55页 |
| References | 第55-59页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第59-63页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第63-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67-68页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第68页 |
