Chapter One Introduction Chapter Two Feminist Discourse on the Mother-Daughter Relationship:Paradigm Shifts 2.1 Adrienne Rich:From Matrophobia to Courageous Mothering 2.2 Nancy Chodorow:Mother-Daughter Continuity and the Reproduction of Gender Inequality 2.3 Patricia Hill Collins:Racial Ethnic Women’s Motherwork Chapter Three Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior:“I Am Practically a First Daughter of a First Daughter” 3.1 Mother—Daughter Estrangement:The Pull of Assimilation 3.2 Mother Daughter Re-identification:Dragon Mother,Dragon Daughter Chapter Four Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club:“Your Mother Is in Your Bones" 4.1 The Mother—Daughter Relationship in China:A Culture—Specific Perspective 4.2 The Mother—Daughter Relationship in Chinese America:A Race—Centered Approach 4.3 Mother—Daughter Reconnection and Empowerment:A Gender-Centered Interpretation Chapter Five Fae Myenne Ng’S Bone:“Nina,Ona,and I,We’re the Lucky Generation” 5.1 Motherwork and a Disadvantaged Chinese ImmigrantFamily 5.2 Green Card Mother ander Patriarchal Gaze 5.3 Relationships between One Mother and Three Daughters Chapter Six Conclusion Bibliography 后記