Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Origin ofthe Study 1.2 Maternal Love as a Trope 1.3 Morrison's Black Feminist Thinking 1.4 Format Ofthe Research Chapter Two Cultural Dispossession 2.1 Pauline:A Victim of the White Norms of Beauty 2.2 Geraldine and Helene:Loss of the“Funk” 2.3 Ruth:A Prisoner of the Patriarchal House Chapter Three Cultural Estrangement 3.1 Sula:ARebelAgainsttheMaternal 3.2 Jadine:A Cultural Orphan of Women’s “Ancient Properties” 3.3 Lack of Culture—Bearing Maternal Love Chapter Four Cultural Resistance 4.1 Eva’s Maternal Love and Pain:A Story Failed to Pass on 4.2 Recovering a History of Cultural Deprivation 4.3 Sethe’s Reclamation ofMatemal Love and Resistance Against Slavery:A Story Designated to Pass on Chapter Five Cultural Healing 5.1 Reclaiming the“Ancient Properties”and Healing of Historical Trauma 5.2 Exorcism of the Racist Ghosts Through Reconciliation and Self-Love 5.3 From Individual Healing to Communal Healing Chapter Six Conclusion Bibliography 后記