| Acknowledgments | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| 1.1 Terrance Hayes and Lighthead | 第10-13页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3 The significance of this study | 第15-17页 |
| 1.4 The layout of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| 2. Self of Preserving African American Culture | 第19-29页 |
| 2. 1 The inheritor of African American culture in personal stories | 第19-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Cultural inheritor in family stories | 第20-24页 |
| 2.1.2 Cultural inheritor in work conditions | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2 Protector of African American culture in imaginary stories | 第26-29页 |
| 3. Self of Pursuing Political and Racial Equality | 第29-55页 |
| 3.1 Political equality pursuit in African American movements | 第29-41页 |
| 3.1.1 The anti-slavery movements | 第31-36页 |
| 3.1.2 The civil rights movement | 第36-41页 |
| 3.2 Racial equality supporting in anti-war movements | 第41-55页 |
| 3.2.1 Anti-racism in Second World War | 第42-44页 |
| 3.2.2 Anti-American aggressive wars | 第44-55页 |
| 4. Self of Pursuing Vernacular Cosmopolitanism | 第55-58页 |
| 4.1 Empathy with other minorities | 第55-56页 |
| 4.2 Embracing cultural fusion of different nations | 第56-58页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第58-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-60页 |
