| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Postfeminism and Postfeminist Representations in American Chick Flicks | 第12-23页 |
| ·The Brief Introduction to Postfeminism | 第12-17页 |
| ·The Origin and Main Ideas of Postfeminism | 第12-14页 |
| ·Postfeminism in Feminist Media Studies | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Relationship between Feminism and Postfeminism | 第15-17页 |
| ·American Chick Flicks and Their Female Images since the 1990s | 第17-23页 |
| ·The American Chick Flicks since the 1990s | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Main Reasons for the Popularity of American Chick Flicks | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Postfeminist Images in American Chick Flicks since the 1990s | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 3 American Women’s Dilemmas in American Chick Flicks since the 1990s | 第23-38页 |
| ·The Dilemma of Work/Family Balance in The Nanny Diaries | 第23-28页 |
| ·Postfeminist Work for American Women: Nanny | 第23-25页 |
| ·Postfeminist Fascination of Homemakers and Retreatism | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Dilemma of Work and Family | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Possibility of “Having it all” | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Dilemma of Being Single or not in Bridget Jones’s Diary | 第28-33页 |
| ·Abhor Singleton in Bridget Jones’s Diary | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Challenging Role: Being Involved Into a Romance | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Dilemma of Being Single or not | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Mature of Romance and Natural “Self” | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Dilemma of Whether to Establish Adult Identity in 13 going on 30 | 第33-38页 |
| ·The Yearning and Fetishization of Adulthood | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Postfeminist Melancholia and Time Crisis | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Dilemma of Establishing Adult Identity or not | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Employment of Girl Power in Postfeminist Chick Flicks | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 4 The Main Factors Leading to the Dilemmas of American Women in Chick Flicks | 第38-46页 |
| ·Economic Factors | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Arrest of Economic Mobility in American Society | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Influences of American New Economy | 第39-40页 |
| ·Social Factors | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Destabilization of Gender Relationship in America | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Influences of American Consumer Culture | 第42-43页 |
| ·Political Factors | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Rise of Individualization and Postfeminist Micro-politics | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Barrenness of American Politics since the 1990s | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 5 The Effects of American Women’s Dilemmas in Chick Flicks on American Society | 第46-54页 |
| ·The Negative Effects on American Society | 第46-50页 |
| ·The Pursuit of Luxury Lifestyle and Conspicuous Consumption | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Females’ Anxiety about Adulthood and Ageing | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Crisis of Masculinity | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Positive Effects on American Society | 第50-54页 |
| ·The Reappraisal of “House” and “Wife” | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Pleasure of Women’s Political Engagement | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Identification of Sisterhood and Imperfect “Self” | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-61页 |
| 附件 | 第61页 |
