Gender & racial politics in the works of Chinese American women writers

Chapter One  Introduction
  Notes
Chapter Two   "What Do Women Want?" The Women's Consciousness in Kingston's The Woman Warrior
  Contradictions/Ambiguities and Kingston's Feminist Agenda/Dilemma
  Maxine' s Formation of Self-Consciousness
  Resistance to Gender / Racial Stereotyping
  Notes
Chapter Three  "Can They Stop Fighting?" Mother-Daughter Relations in Tan's The Joy Luck Club
  Mother-Daughter Conflicts
  Mother-Daughter Bond
  Narrative, Balance, and Reconciliation
  Notes
Chapter Four  "Are They Men?" Emasculation of Chinese American Men and Reconstruction of Their Masculinity in Kingston's China Men
  Reconstruction of Asian (American) Men
  Parallel Structure and Chinese Men's identities
  Emasculation of Asian (American) Men
  Deeonstruction of Gender / Racial Formations
  Identities of Chinese Men in Chinese American Women's Writings
  Notes
Chapter Five  "Are They Opposite Creatures?" Gender/Racial Deconstructions in Asian American Women's Writings
Works Cited
Appendixes