| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Toni Morrison's Understanding of History | 第13-23页 |
| ·Toni Morrison's Fascination with History | 第13-17页 |
| ·Toni Morrison's View of History | 第17-23页 |
| Chapter Two Ruby Patriarchs' Narratives of History | 第23-41页 |
| ·The Patriarchs' Version of Ruby's History | 第23-28页 |
| ·Manipulation over Ruby's History | 第28-32页 |
| ·Racialized and Gendered Narrative | 第32-41页 |
| Chapter Three Ruby Women's Counternarratives | 第41-55页 |
| ·Ruby Women's Unspeakable History | 第42-46页 |
| ·Patricia Best's Genealogical Research | 第46-55页 |
| Chapter Four The Convent Women's Articulation of Individual History | 第55-69页 |
| ·The Convent Women's Traumatic History | 第56-59页 |
| ·Reconceptualization of Race | 第59-63页 |
| ·Reconceptualization of History | 第63-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-81页 |
| Appendix | 第81-83页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第83-85页 |