| 中文摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| ·Brief introduction to the thesis | 第11-13页 |
| ·Introduction to the author Alice Walker and her The Color Purple | 第13-16页 |
| ·Literature review | 第16-18页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Homi Bhabha’s Postcolonial Theory and Its Links to The Color Purple | 第20-30页 |
| ·Postcolonialism and its tenets | 第20-22页 |
| ·The main concepts of Homi Bhabha’s postcolonial theory | 第22-26页 |
| ·The theory of hybridity | 第23-24页 |
| ·The theory of mimicry | 第24-25页 |
| ·The theory of Third Space | 第25-26页 |
| ·Homi Bhabha’s assumptions and their bearings on the marginalized minorities | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter 3 The Characters as Others in The Color Purple | 第30-41页 |
| ·The black group as ethnic Other in the novel | 第30-35页 |
| ·The historical background | 第30-32页 |
| ·Celie’s father lynched to death by the white competitors | 第32-34页 |
| ·Sofia’s calamity | 第34-35页 |
| ·The black women as gender Other in the novel | 第35-41页 |
| ·The historical background | 第35-37页 |
| ·Celie’s and sofia’s mothers’roles in the home | 第37-38页 |
| ·Celie’s only appeal to God | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Outlets of the Others | 第41-59页 |
| ·Root-seeking of black history and cultural heritage | 第42-46页 |
| ·Keeping the black folk culture | 第43-45页 |
| ·Carrying on the black myth | 第45-46页 |
| ·Subverting binaries of different cultures in the Third Space | 第46-55页 |
| ·The maintenance of harmonious family and united black community | 第48-50页 |
| ·Keeping identities of the minorities under the mainstream culture’s dominance | 第50-53页 |
| ·The independence of the women in the patriarchal society | 第53-55页 |
| ·Humanistic spirits towards racial and gender issues | 第55-59页 |
| ·Sophia living in peace with the daughter of the white mayor | 第55-56页 |
| ·The final conciliation between Celie and Albert | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-64页 |
| Appendix: 作者攻读硕士学位期间发表论文及科研情况 | 第64-65页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第65页 |
