| Abstract in English | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-20页 |
| A. A brief introduction to Amy Tan and The Bonesetter 's Daughter | 第10-12页 |
| B. Literature review | 第12-16页 |
| C. Relevant theories | 第16-19页 |
| D. General organization of the thesis | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter One Cultural Difference: Seeking Cultural Identity | 第20-36页 |
| A. Anxiety from the dislocation of culture | 第20-29页 |
| B. Constructing the imagined community of cultural China | 第29-36页 |
| Chapter Two Diasporic Chinese Subjection: Rewriting Ethnic Identity | 第36-55页 |
| A. Ethnicizing the American Orientalist discourse | 第36-44页 |
| B. Building the ethnic diasporic Chinese discourse | 第44-55页 |
| Chapter Three Androgyny: Articulating Gender Identity | 第55-70页 |
| A. The loss of subjectivity: plight of women figures | 第55-64页 |
| B. A way to self-identity: from imitation to self-discovery | 第64-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-72页 |
| Notes | 第72-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82-83页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第83页 |
