| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Review of Chinese American female stereotypes | 第9-11页 |
| ·Amy Tan and her literary position | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter Two The Female Aphasia of Chinese American Women | 第14-26页 |
| ·The theoretical basis—post-colonial feminism | 第14-17页 |
| ·The aphasia of mothers | 第17-22页 |
| ·Mothers' aphasia from the patriarchal society | 第18-20页 |
| ·Mothers' aphasia in the West-centered discourse | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Aphasia of Daughters | 第22-26页 |
| ·Daughters' aphasia within the Chinese community | 第22-24页 |
| ·Daughters' aphasia beyond the Chinese community | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Silence Breaking—Mothers' Resistance Strategy | 第26-37页 |
| ·The possibility to break the silence | 第26-30页 |
| ·The social background | 第26-28页 |
| ·The mothers' anxiety of losing their voices | 第28-30页 |
| ·Story-telling as the counter discourse | 第30-33页 |
| ·Breaking the aphasia | 第33-37页 |
| ·Deconstruction of the stereotypes | 第33-35页 |
| ·Elimination of the generation gap | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Four The Relocation of the Identity—Daughters' Resistance Strategy | 第37-49页 |
| ·The identity crisis—displacement | 第37-41页 |
| ·Displacement as Chinese | 第38-39页 |
| ·Displacement as American | 第39-41页 |
| ·Recognition of the Chinese culture | 第41-44页 |
| ·Approaching the Chinese culture through mothers' stories | 第41-43页 |
| ·Mother becomes "self in daughters' stories | 第43-44页 |
| ·Relocation of identity | 第44-49页 |
| ·As independent women—return of subjectivity | 第44-46页 |
| ·Transcendence of the ethnic identity | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第49-52页 |
| ·New women images in The Joy Luck Club | 第49-50页 |
| ·Expectation | 第50-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55页 |
