| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Nella Larsen and Quicksand | 第10-12页 |
| ·Literature review | 第12-14页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| 2. The Awakening of the Consciousness of African American Female's Subjectivity | 第16-25页 |
| ·The awakening of the consciousness of being black | 第16-18页 |
| ·The awakening of the consciousness of being black female | 第18-25页 |
| ·Stereotypes that deny representation of sexuality | 第18-20页 |
| ·The awakening of the consciousness of gender: repression and representation of sexuality | 第20-23页 |
| ·The awakening of the consciousness of gender: dressing code | 第23-25页 |
| 3 The Failure of Construction of African American Female's Subjectivity | 第25-42页 |
| ·White culture's erosion onto the black community | 第26-31页 |
| ·Repression of sexual desires | 第26-28页 |
| ·Inhibitive rules on clothing and its colors | 第28-29页 |
| ·Embracement of white education standard | 第29-31页 |
| ·Racial oppression | 第31-35页 |
| ·Racial tensions brought by history | 第31-33页 |
| ·White racist construction of the black woman | 第33-35页 |
| ·Gender oppression | 第35-37页 |
| ·Damaging family dynamics | 第37-42页 |
| 4 Conclusion | 第42-43页 |
| Bibliography | 第43-45页 |
