| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第8-10页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第10-18页 |
| CHAPTER ONE HARLEM: THE SEGREGATED SPACE | 第18-30页 |
| 1. The marginal status of the black characters | 第18-25页 |
| 2. The inequalities of Harlem and black people in official discourses | 第25-28页 |
| 3. The African American characters' fight for civil rights and equality | 第28-30页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THE SOUTH BRONX: THE DESERTED SPACE | 第30-39页 |
| 1. The devastated physical space of the Wall | 第30-32页 |
| 2. The exclusion of the space from the mainstream society | 第32-35页 |
| 3. The characters' struggle against the isolation | 第35-39页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE AMERICAN WEST: THE TAINTED SPACE | 第39-47页 |
| 1. The indigenous communities' suffering in the tainted American West | 第39-44页 |
| 2. The characters' resistance against the militarilization of the West | 第44-47页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第47-49页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第49-52页 |
| 中文参考文献 | 第52-53页 |
| 作者简历 | 第53-55页 |
| 学位论文数据集 | 第55页 |
