| Introduction | 第1-15页 |
| Chapter 1 The Scholarly Tradition and Methodology | 第15-22页 |
| ·Theory on Popular Culture | 第15-20页 |
| ·The Culture and Civilization Tradition | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Frankfurt School | 第16页 |
| ·Culturalism | 第16-20页 |
| ·Methodology | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter 2 Historical Context | 第22-36页 |
| ·American Women in the 1930s and 1940s | 第23-31页 |
| ·Women's Experiences in the 1930s | 第23-26页 |
| ·Women of the 1930s in the Dominant Culture | 第23-25页 |
| ·Women of the 1930s in the Emergent Culture | 第25-26页 |
| ·Women's Experiences in the 1940s | 第26-31页 |
| ·Women of the War-era in the Dominant Culture | 第26-28页 |
| ·Women of the War-era in the Emergent Culture | 第28-30页 |
| ·Women after the War | 第30-31页 |
| 2. 2.Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s | 第31-36页 |
| ·Hollywood as a Social Institution | 第32页 |
| ·Hollywood as a Controlled Industry | 第32-33页 |
| ·Surviving the Great Depression | 第33-34页 |
| ·Propaganda in War-era | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Characteristics of Hollywood's Woman's Films of the 1930s and 1940s | 第36-41页 |
| ·The Women—the Center of the Film Universe | 第36-38页 |
| ·Work of Ambivalence and Contradiction | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Representation of American Women in the Woman's Films | 第41-72页 |
| ·The Emergent Representation of American Women | 第41-60页 |
| ·Women of Pre-code Hollywood | 第42-45页 |
| ·The New Women: Women of Independence and Achievement | 第45-51页 |
| ·Helpers as Martyrs or Source of Inspiration in Wartime | 第51-57页 |
| ·The Bad Women: "Femme Fatales" in Film Noir | 第57-60页 |
| ·The Dominant Representation of American Women | 第60-72页 |
| ·Helpers as Rehabilitators after the War | 第61-62页 |
| ·Moral Tales for American Women | 第62-72页 |
| ·Women in Marriage | 第63-65页 |
| ·Women in Motherhood | 第65-68页 |
| ·Women in Career | 第68-72页 |
| Conclusion | 第72-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-78页 |
| Appendices | 第78-81页 |
