| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-9页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·About the author | 第9-12页 |
| ·Literature review | 第12-15页 |
| 2.Women's Loss of Self in The Joy Luck Club | 第15-25页 |
| ·Postcolonial Feminism | 第15-17页 |
| ·Women's loss of self—silence | 第17-25页 |
| ·Silenced by the dominant culture | 第18-20页 |
| ·Silenced by traditional Chinese culture | 第20-21页 |
| ·Silenced as the second sex | 第21-22页 |
| ·Silence of mothers'language before daughters | 第22-25页 |
| 3.The Reconstruction of Chinese American Female Self | 第25-42页 |
| ·Mothers:excavating past memories | 第25-34页 |
| ·Traumatic experience in old China | 第25-28页 |
| ·Embarrassed state in America | 第28-30页 |
| ·Excavating past memories | 第30-34页 |
| ·Daughters:returning to mother and Chinese culture for empowerment | 第34-42页 |
| ·Misunderstanding of mothers | 第34-35页 |
| ·Unhappy marriage experience | 第35-38页 |
| ·Identifying with mother and embracing Chinese culture | 第38-42页 |
| 4.A New Image of Women:Mother-Daughter Alliance | 第42-49页 |
| ·Mother-daughter relationship of the older generation:mother in daughter's bones | 第42-44页 |
| ·Mother-daughter relationship of the younger generation:conflicts and reconciliation | 第44-49页 |
| ·Mother-daughter conflicts | 第44-46页 |
| ·Mother-daughter reconciliation and identification | 第46-49页 |
| 5.Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-52页 |
