| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| 1.1 A brief introduction to the writer's literary achievements and the work | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Research significance | 第11-12页 |
| 1.4 Framework of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Homi Bhabha and His Concepts of Third Space and Hybridity | 第14-21页 |
| 2.1 Postcolonialism and its basic tenets | 第14-16页 |
| 2.2 A critical review of Homi Bhabha's main theory | 第16-21页 |
| 2.2.1 The theory of hybridity | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2.2 The theory of Third Space | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2.3 Homi Bhabha's assumptions and their bearings on Chinese American literary studies | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Seeking for and Transformation of Identity in The Joy Luck Club | 第21-39页 |
| 3.1 The western stereotypes of Chinese Americans | 第21-25页 |
| 3.1.1 The definition of identity | 第22-23页 |
| 3.1.2 Chinese American literature and its search for identity | 第23-25页 |
| 3.2 Three patterns of identity construction in Chinese Americans | 第25-27页 |
| 3.3 Causes of the identity construction in The Joy Luck Club | 第27-39页 |
| 3.3.1 Cultural difference embodied in The Joy Luck Club | 第27-34页 |
| 3.3.2 Effects of cultural difference on the formation of identity | 第34-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Constructing Hybrid Identity in the Third Space | 第39-51页 |
| 4.1 Cultural hybrid identity in The Joy Luck Club | 第39-47页 |
| 4.1.1 Language barrier in The Joy Luck Club | 第39-41页 |
| 4.1.2 Creating cultural hybridity | 第41-47页 |
| 4.2 Negotiating disapora identity in the Third space | 第47-51页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第51-55页 |
| Works Cited | 第55-57页 |
