| 摘要（Abstract in Chinese） | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter 2 The Tradition of Identity-Quest in Chinese American Literature | 第13-21页 |
| ·The significance of searching for identity | 第13-17页 |
| ·Previous Chinese American women images and their identity-Quests | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Ruby’s Identity Formation | 第21-36页 |
| ·Queer Theory and Ruby’s gender identity | 第23-30页 |
| ·Identity and the trope of food | 第30-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Identity-Quest: Within and Beyond Ethnicity | 第36-49页 |
| ·Analysis of Ruby and Bell in a diasporic perspective | 第37-40页 |
| ·Quest within and beyond ethnicity | 第40-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第49-52页 |
| References | 第52-54页 |
