| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-19页 |
| Diaspora and Chinese American Writers' Diaspora Writing | 第7-10页 |
| Current Studies on the Diasporic Identity and Shirley Geok-lin Lim's Joss and Gold | 第10-17页 |
| Significance of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter One Diaspora Context and Diaspora Females in Joss and Gold | 第19-31页 |
| 1.1 The Chronotope and Diaspora Context in Joss and Gold | 第19-24页 |
| 1.2 Diaspora Females in Joss and Gold | 第24-31页 |
| Chapter Two Diaspora Females' Identity Anxiety and Identity Pursuits | 第31-42页 |
| 2.1 From“Crossing”to“Landing”: Li An's Quest of Cultural Identity | 第31-34页 |
| 2.2 Three Mothers and No Father: Suyin's Question of“Who Am I” | 第34-37页 |
| 2.3 The Pessimistic Attitude to Marriage: Ellen and Gina's Confusion about Gender Identity | 第37-42页 |
| Chapter Three The Characteristics and the Construction of the Diasporic Identity | 第42-60页 |
| 3.1 Hybridity: Li An's Heterogeneous Identity | 第42-47页 |
| 3.2 Fluidity: Suyin's Re-producing Identity | 第47-50页 |
| 3.3 In-betweenness: Ellen and Gina's Transcultural Identity | 第50-54页 |
| 3.4 Sisterhood: Shirley Geok-lin Lim's Way of Constructing the Diasporic Identity | 第54-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-67页 |
