| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| Chapter One The Reason for Constructing the Third Space | 第17-28页 |
| 1.1 Dislocation of Chinese Traditional Culture | 第18-24页 |
| 1.1.1 Patriarchal Culture Representing in Ruby's Family | 第18-20页 |
| 1.1.2 Chinese Feudal Principles Representing in Ruby' Family | 第20-21页 |
| 1.1.3 Introversion of Ruby’s Parents | 第21-23页 |
| 1.1.4 Collectivism Representing in Ruby's Family | 第23-24页 |
| 1.2 Denial of the American Mainstream Culture | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Two Constructing the Third Space through TheStrategy Of Mimicry | 第28-45页 |
| 2.1 The Reason for Utilizing Mimicry | 第28页 |
| 2.2 The Specific Process of Applying Mimicry | 第28-35页 |
| 2.2.1 Bell’s Mimicking of Orientalism | 第28-31页 |
| 2.2.2 Franklin’s Self-assimilation to American Mainstream Culture | 第31-32页 |
| 2.2.3 Ruby’s Self-assimilation to American Mainstream Culture | 第32-35页 |
| 2.3 Mimicry’s Failure in Constructing the Third Space | 第35-45页 |
| 2.3.1 Bell and Franklin: outsider | 第35-38页 |
| 2.3.2 Crisis in Ruby's Life | 第38-45页 |
| Chapter Three Constructing the Third Space through TheStrategy Of Hybridity | 第45-53页 |
| 3.1 The Necessity of Applying Hybridity | 第45页 |
| 3.2 The Specific Process of Applying Hybridity | 第45-53页 |
| 3.2.1 Ruby’s Realization of the Importance of Chinese Culture | 第45-47页 |
| 3.2.2 Ruby's Reflection on the Mimicry of American MainstreamDiscourse | 第47-50页 |
| 3.2.3 Ruby and Parents' Seeking for the Third Space in Diet Tradition | 第50-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55-56页 |
| Works Cited | 第56-58页 |
| The Author’s Recent Publications and Research Involved | 第58页 |
