| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Overview of Amy Tan and Toni Morrison and Their Literary Writings | 第11-13页 |
| ·Literature Review of The Joy Luck Club and Beloved | 第13-17页 |
| ·Significance and the Structure of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter One Theory of Postcolonial Feminism | 第19-25页 |
| ·Postcolonial Feminism | 第19-23页 |
| ·Postcolonial Feminist Features of The Joy Luck Club and Beloved | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Two Subjectivity Searching and the Mother-Daughter Relationship | 第25-39页 |
| ·Chinese Women as “Others” in The Joy Luck Club | 第25-27页 |
| ·Slave Women as “Others” in Beloved | 第27-28页 |
| ·Searches for Self-identity as Mothers | 第28-34页 |
| ·Suyuan’s Struggle for Self-identity | 第29-31页 |
| ·Sethe’s Struggle for Self-identity | 第31-34页 |
| ·Searches for Self-identity as Daughters | 第34-39页 |
| ·Jing-Mei’s Struggle for Self-identity | 第34-36页 |
| ·Denver’s Struggle for Self-identity | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Three Patriarchal Society and the Mother-Daughter Relationship | 第39-50页 |
| ·Women as a Second Sex | 第39-40页 |
| ·Communities and Mothers | 第40-45页 |
| ·Suyuan and the Chinese Immigrant Community | 第40-42页 |
| ·Sethe and the Black Woman Community | 第42-45页 |
| ·Communities and Daughters | 第45-50页 |
| ·Jing-Mei and the Joy Luck Aunties | 第45-47页 |
| ·Denver and the Black Woman Community | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter Four Cultural Hegemony and the Mother-Daughter Relationship | 第50-63页 |
| ·Cultural Heritage and the Third World Women | 第50-51页 |
| ·Cultural Heritage and Mothers | 第51-57页 |
| ·Suyuan and Chinese Cultures | 第51-53页 |
| ·Sethe and African Cultures | 第53-57页 |
| ·Cultural Heritage and Daughters | 第57-63页 |
| ·Jing-Mei and Chinese Cultures | 第57-60页 |
| ·Denver and African Cultures | 第60-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| References | 第65-71页 |
| Publications | 第71页 |
