| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| Introduction | 第9-20页 |
| Literature Review of Zora Neale Hurston and Her Works | 第11-14页 |
| Argumentation of the Thesis | 第14-20页 |
| Chapter 1 Conformists of Patriarchal Masculinity | 第20-32页 |
| 1.1 A Mentally Crippled Mule Man: Logan Killicks | 第21-24页 |
| 1.2 An Obsessive Power Seeker and Enslaver: Ta-Phar | 第24-28页 |
| 1.3 A "Victim" Dragged by Woman: Joe Willard | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter 2 Progressives from Patriarchal Masculinity | 第32-46页 |
| 2.1 A Wise Man Worshiping Hegemonic Hierarchy: Jethro | 第33-36页 |
| 2.2 A Popular Leader of Short-sightedness: Aaron | 第36-41页 |
| 2.3 A Black Elite with Authoritative "Big Voice": Joe Starks | 第41-46页 |
| Chapter 3 Defiers against Patriarchal Stereotypes | 第46-69页 |
| 3.1 Awakeners of Traditional Cultural Identities | 第47-59页 |
| 3.1.1 An Avatar Disseminating Black Culture: Mentu | 第48-52页 |
| 3.1.2 "John" the Witty Trickster: Black Storytellers | 第52-56页 |
| 3.1.3 Divine Religious Practitioners: Hoodoo men | 第56-59页 |
| 3.2 Selfhood Adherents and Manliness Constructors | 第59-69页 |
| 3.2.1 An Androgynous New Negro:Tea Cake | 第59-64页 |
| 3.2.2 A Secular Warrior, Charismatic Hero and Israeli Leader: Moses | 第64-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-76页 |
