Preface Acknowledgments Abstract 中文摘要 Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One Mailer and American Individualism Chapter Two American Individualism and Gender. Power and Morality in Male-Female Relations in Mailer’s Fiction Chapter Three American Individualism,Race,and Ethnicity:Power and Morality in Racial and Ethnic Relations in Mailer’s Fiction Chapter Four American Individualism and Nation: Power and Morality in America- Communism Relations in Mailer’s Fiction Conclusion Bibliography