| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-21页 |
| ·The Rise of Chinese American Literature Research | 第10-13页 |
| ·Fea Myenne Ng and Her Search for Identity in Bone | 第13-15页 |
| ·Critical Reviews on Bone | 第15-19页 |
| ·Objectives and Framework of This Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter One Postcolonialism and Homi Bhabha’s Postcolonial Theory | 第21-28页 |
| ·Postcolonialism and Its Basic Tenets | 第21-23页 |
| ·Homi Bhabha and His Postcolonial Theory | 第23-28页 |
| ·Hybridity | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Third Space | 第25-26页 |
| ·Cultural Identity | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Two Destabilizing Chinese American Stereotypes in the Third Space | 第28-37页 |
| ·The Chinatown Bachelor Grandpa Leong | 第29-31页 |
| ·Leon’s Struggle for Getting Rid of Stereotype | 第31-34页 |
| ·Leila’s Subverting Stereotype of “Model Minority” | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Three Destabilizing Binary Opposition of Cultures in the Third Space | 第37-48页 |
| ·Ona and Nina’s Split Cultural Identities | 第37-39页 |
| ·Leila’s Hybrid Cultural Identity Pilgrimage | 第39-48页 |
| ·Leila as an “In-between” | 第40-43页 |
| ·Leila as a Translator | 第43-44页 |
| ·Finding the Right Gesture | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter Four Opening up a Negotiation Space between Generations in the Third Space | 第48-56页 |
| ·A Harmonious Note at the Beginning of the Novel | 第49-50页 |
| ·Inheriting the Old Generation’s History | 第50-51页 |
| ·Negotiation between the Two Generations | 第51-56页 |
| Chapter Five Establishing New Chinese American Community in the Third Space | 第56-63页 |
| ·Chinatown: A Source of Strength | 第56-59页 |
| ·Ethnic History: A Power of Cohesion | 第59-60页 |
| ·Becoming Chinese American | 第60-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| References | 第66-73页 |
| Publications | 第73页 |
