| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| 1.1 An introduction to Fae Myenne Ng and Bone | 第10-13页 |
| 1.2 Literature review on Bone | 第13-19页 |
| 1.2.1. Literature review abroad | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2.2. Literature review at home | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter Two Gold Mountain Coolies’ Torture in Their Sojourn of America | 第19-30页 |
| 2.1 Frustrating gold mountain dream | 第19-23页 |
| 2.2 Mental and physical suffering of Chinatown bachelor | 第23-27页 |
| 2.3 Shattering dream of return to China | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three Warriors Fighting for Rooting in America | 第30-51页 |
| 3.1 Portraiture of male Chinese American’s fighting in America | 第30-41页 |
| 3.1.1. Painful memory of the Angle Island | 第30-33页 |
| 3.1.2. Haunting trauma of illusory American dream | 第33-38页 |
| 3.1.3. Healing ritual to work through trauma | 第38-41页 |
| 3.2 Portraiture of female Chinese American’s fighting in America | 第41-51页 |
| 3.2.1. Torturous paper marriage | 第42-46页 |
| 3.2.2. Seamstress’ lingering pain in the sweatshop | 第46-48页 |
| 3.2.3. Healing ritual in white-dominated America | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Four American Born Chinese’s Lost and Found in Cultural and Generational Conflicts | 第51-64页 |
| 4.1 The embodiment of conflicts --- ginseng soup | 第51-54页 |
| 4.2 Leila’s dilemma between filial piety and her own life | 第54-55页 |
| 4.3 Ona’s suicidal destruction between worlds | 第55-59页 |
| 4.4 Nina’s self-exile for cultural identity | 第59-64页 |
| Chapter Five The Establishment of Chinese American Identity | 第64-78页 |
| 5.1 The “UPDAIRE” sign in salmon alley --- Homi Bhabha’s “the third space” | 第64-65页 |
| 5.2 Mason’s hybrid cultural identity construction | 第65-73页 |
| 5.2.1. The reconstruction of Chinese American masculinity | 第65-70页 |
| 5.2.2. The establishment of hybrid cultural identity | 第70-73页 |
| 5.3 Leila’s negotiation and transcendence for hybrid cultural identity | 第73-78页 |
| 5.3.1. Familial and ethnic history: a power to confront challenges in the future | 第73-75页 |
| 5.3.2. Finding a right gesture: being Chinese American | 第75-78页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第78-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-85页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第85-86页 |
| Publication | 第86页 |
