| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-12页 |
| 1. Definitions of Culture | 第7-9页 |
| 2. Background of Chinese-American Writers | 第9-10页 |
| 3. Significance of the Study | 第10页 |
| 4. Structure of This Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第12-24页 |
| ·Review of Related theory | 第12-18页 |
| ·Research on HC and LC | 第12-15页 |
| ·Research on the Cultural Dimension of Individualism and Collectivism | 第15-18页 |
| ·Research on The Joy Luck Club Home and Abroad | 第18-24页 |
| Chapter Two Background of Amy Tan and The Joy Luck Club | 第24-29页 |
| ·Amy Tan as a Chinese-American Writer | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Clue of The Joy Luck Club(1988) | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter Three Cultural Conflicts in The Joy Luck Club | 第29-40页 |
| ·Conflict between Chinese Obedience to Parents and American Independence and Democracy | 第29-31页 |
| ·Conflict between Chinese Women's Submissiveness and American Women's Independence | 第31-34页 |
| ·Conflict between Family's Honor and Individual Achievement | 第34-36页 |
| ·Conflict between Chinese High-context Culture and American Low-context Culture | 第36-37页 |
| ·Conflict between Superstition and Science | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Four Causes of Cultural Conflict | 第40-49页 |
| ·Chinese Culture Experienced by the Joy Luck Club Mothers | 第40-44页 |
| ·Three Obediences and Four Virtues | 第40-42页 |
| ·"Resign Oneself Adversity | 第42页 |
| ·Mothers' Ethnic Complex | 第42-44页 |
| ·American Culture Experienced by the Joy Luck Club Daughters | 第44-49页 |
| ·Individualism | 第44-45页 |
| ·Equality·Independence·Freedom | 第45-46页 |
| ·Race Prejudice and Governments' Policies | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Five Tendency towards Cultural Fusion | 第49-53页 |
| ·Cultural Negotiation | 第49-51页 |
| ·Signincance of the Reconciliation | 第51-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-59页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第59页 |
