| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| ·A general introduction to Hansberry and Walker | 第9-12页 |
| ·Literature review | 第12-15页 |
| ·Theoretical framework and significance of this study | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter Two Domestic Space and Individual Dreams | 第19-33页 |
| ·The Youngers in a "rattrap" | 第19-26页 |
| ·Confinement and weariness | 第19-21页 |
| ·Challenges to the confinement | 第21-26页 |
| ·Walter's business solution | 第21-24页 |
| ·Beneatha's intellectual pursuit | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Johnsons in Utopian seclusion | 第26-31页 |
| ·Comfortable seclusion | 第26-28页 |
| ·Controversy over seclusion | 第28-31页 |
| ·Dreams shaped by domestic space | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Geographical Space and Cultural Identification | 第33-45页 |
| ·Urban migration and integration | 第33-37页 |
| ·Preserving a "low" agrarian tradition | 第37-40页 |
| ·Cultural identification and political ideologies | 第40-45页 |
| Chapter Four Cultural Heritage and the Construction of African AmericanIdentity | 第45-58页 |
| ·Father's legacy in Raisin:material or spiritual? | 第46-50页 |
| ·Heritage appreciation in "Everyday Use":art collection or everyday use? | 第50-53页 |
| ·The hybridity of African American spirituality | 第53-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| Publications | 第64页 |
