| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Abbreviation | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-26页 |
| 1.1 Development of Multiculturalism | 第12-15页 |
| 1.2 History of Chinese American Immigrants and Literature | 第15-19页 |
| 1.3 Introduction of Gish Jen and her writings | 第19-22页 |
| 1.4 Thesis Organization and Literature Review | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter Two In between Chinese and American | 第26-41页 |
| 2.1 Ambiguity of American Dream in Typical American | 第26-33页 |
| 2.2 Identity Dilemma in The Love Wife | 第33-41页 |
| Chapter Three Fluidity of Ethnic Identity | 第41-53页 |
| 3.1 Switching to Jewish in Mona in the Promised Land | 第41-46页 |
| 3.2 Becoming Honorary Irish in "Who's Irish?" | 第46-53页 |
| Chapter Four Multiethnic and Multicultural New American Family | 第53-66页 |
| 4.1 Interracial Marriage and Biracial Children in The Love Wife | 第53-58页 |
| 4.2 Transnational and Transracial Adoption in The Love Wife | 第58-66页 |
| Conclusion | 第66-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-72页 |
