| ACKNOWLEGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| 1.1 Ana Castillo and So Far From God | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第13-17页 |
| 1.3 Focus and structure of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| 2. Mexican-Americans' Passive Existence Owing to Internal Problems | 第19-29页 |
| 2.1 Intensifying crisis of gender relationship | 第19-24页 |
| 2.1.1 Sense of insecurity because of males' abandonment | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.2 Males' violence upon females | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2 Loss of belonging place through abandonment of homeland | 第24-29页 |
| 2.2.1 Leaving their homeland in the hands of abusive outsiders | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2.2 Quitting their homes for American dream | 第27-29页 |
| 3. Mexican-Americans' Passive Existence Caused by External Abandonment | 第29-40页 |
| 3.1 Failure in social assimilation due to government's abandonment | 第30-34页 |
| 3.1.1 Being marginalized in occupational structure | 第30-32页 |
| 3.1.2 Being ignored of their sufferings | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2 Feeling of despair owing to the Christian religion's abandonment | 第34-40页 |
| 3.2.1 God's silence to their prayers | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2.2 God's ignorance of their sufferings | 第36-40页 |
| 4. Mexican-Americans' Active Struggles | 第40-61页 |
| 4.1 Struggles in gender relations | 第40-46页 |
| 4.1.1 Females' resistance to patriarchy | 第41-44页 |
| 4.1.2 Construction of female self-identity | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2 Rebuilding of their homeland | 第46-51页 |
| 4.2.1 Recognition of the value of homeland | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2.2 Establishment of an ecological homeland | 第49-51页 |
| 4.3 Efforts to obtain racial equality | 第51-56页 |
| 4.3.1 Fight for political rights | 第52-55页 |
| 4.3.2 Endeavor for cultural recognition | 第55-56页 |
| 4.4 Transformation of religious faith | 第56-61页 |
| 4.4.1 Formation of hybrid belief | 第57-58页 |
| 4.4.2 Stress on the integration of nature and religion | 第58-61页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-65页 |
