| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| I. Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| ·Introduction to Alice Walker | 第11-13页 |
| ·Review of Related Literature | 第13-18页 |
| ·Format of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| II. African American Womanist Thought on Motherhood | 第20-41页 |
| ·Three Basic Topics of African American Motherhood | 第22-25页 |
| ·Othermothering and Community Mothering | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Motherline: Mothers as Cultural Bearers | 第24-25页 |
| ·Nurturance as Resistance: Providing a Homeplace | 第25页 |
| ·Womanism | 第25-27页 |
| ·Walker’s Womanist Motherhood | 第27-41页 |
| ·Alice Walker’s Motherhood Complex | 第28-33页 |
| ·Alice Walker’s Novels of Motherhood | 第33-41页 |
| ·Oppressed Black Mother in “Strong Horse Tea” | 第33-34页 |
| ·Maternal Heritage in “Everyday Use” | 第34-36页 |
| ·Confusion of Motherhood in Meridian | 第36-38页 |
| ·Womanist Motherhood in The Color Purple | 第38-41页 |
| III. Fundamental Responsibility of Motherwork: Child-nurturing Motherhood | 第41-51页 |
| ·Black Mother’s Suffering under Patriarchal Oppression | 第42-45页 |
| ·Celie’s Painful Suffering | 第42-44页 |
| ·Shug’s Separation from Her Children | 第44-45页 |
| ·Black Mother’s Suffering under Racial Oppression | 第45-48页 |
| ·Sofia’s Image as Black Mammy | 第45-48页 |
| ·Olinka People are Forced to Leave Their Homeland | 第48页 |
| ·Women as Othermother | 第48-51页 |
| IV. Close Connection to Motherline: Creative Motherhood | 第51-60页 |
| ·Quilt-making | 第51-54页 |
| ·Blues-singing | 第54-57页 |
| ·Shug: Singing Blues to Win Independence | 第54-55页 |
| ·Mary Agens: Singing Blues to Establish Her Identity | 第55-57页 |
| ·Pants-sewing | 第57-60页 |
| V. Extension of Mother Love: Universal Motherhood | 第60-72页 |
| ·Mothers as Sisters | 第60-66页 |
| ·Shug and Celie as Mother and Daughter | 第60-64页 |
| ·Sisiterhood Love between Celie and Sofia | 第64-65页 |
| ·Sisterhood Love between Celie and Nettie | 第65-66页 |
| ·Black Men as a Maternal Role | 第66-69页 |
| ·Mr. ____: from a Brutal Black Man to a Black Woman’s Companion | 第66-68页 |
| ·Harpo: from an Opinionated Husband to a Caring Husband | 第68-69页 |
| ·Racial Union and Home Union | 第69-72页 |
| ·Racial Union | 第69-70页 |
| ·Home Union | 第70-72页 |
| VI. Conclusion | 第72-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-80页 |
| 攻读学位期间的研究成果 | 第80页 |
