| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION | 第10-23页 |
| A. An Introduction to Amy Tan and Her Life and Works | 第10-16页 |
| 1. Amy Tan’s life and Her Works | 第10-11页 |
| 2. The Joy Luck Club | 第11-13页 |
| 3. Previous Studies on Amy Tan | 第13-16页 |
| B. An Introduction to Post-colonial Feminism | 第16-20页 |
| 1. The Theory of Post-colonial Feminism | 第16-18页 |
| 2 The Origin and Development of Post-colonial Feminism | 第18-20页 |
| C. Thesis Statement | 第20-23页 |
| CHAPTER II. EXPLORATION OF THE CHINESE-AMERICAN WOMEN’S IDENTITYCRISES IN THE NOVEL | 第23-44页 |
| A. The Identity Crisis as the Racial Other | 第23-34页 |
| 1. Chinese Mothers’ Marginalization in the Western Society | 第24-30页 |
| 2. Daughters’ Dilemma of Double Cultural Identities | 第30-34页 |
| B. The Identity Crisis as the Submissive in the Patriarchal Society | 第34-44页 |
| 1. Mothers’ Identity Crisis of Gender in the Old China | 第35-39页 |
| 2. Daughters’ Self-loss | 第39-44页 |
| CHAPTER III. CAUSES OF THE CHINESE-AMERICAN WOMEN’S IDENTITY CRISESIN THE NOVEL | 第44-64页 |
| A. Post-colonial Discourse—Influence of Western and Orientalist Culture on the Mothers and Daughters | 第44-53页 |
| 1.“Double Face”—Mothers’ Struggling to Accept Dual Cultural Identity | 第44-49页 |
| 2.“Being a Banana Man”—Daughters’ Struggles under Cultural Hegemony and Orientalism | 第49-53页 |
| B. Patriarchy: Chinese-American Women’s Losing Female Identity under the Superiority of Men | 第53-64页 |
| 1. Losing Subjectivity in the Old Chinese Patriarchy Society | 第54-58页 |
| 2. Chinese-American Women’s Identity Crisis in the American Patriarchal Society | 第58-64页 |
| CHAPTER IV. CONCLUSION | 第64-67页 |
| A. Major Findings of the Study | 第64-65页 |
| B. Implication of the Study | 第65-66页 |
| C. Limitation of the Study | 第66-67页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第67-69页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第69页 |
