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前言
Introduction/1
Ⅰ. Biographical and Critical Contexts of Toni Morrisons Literary Texts/2
Ⅱ. The Guiding Principle and Structure of This Book/18
Chapter One The Concept of Identity and Its Significance in African American Literary Works/24
Ⅰ. The Concept of Identity and Identity-Building/24
Ⅱ. The Quest for Identity in African American Literature/35
Ⅲ. The Quest for Identity in Toni Morrisons Works/47
Chapter Two Identity-Building through "Rememory" of the Unspoken History in Beloved/53
Ⅰ. Objectification and Othering of Black People in Slavery Discourse/55
Ⅱ. Black （Ex-） Slaves Counter-Discourse in "Claiming Ownership of that Freed Self" /65
Ⅲ. Beloved as a Trope of Identity-Building for African Americans/77
Chapter Three Identity-Building through Jazzified Musical/Narrative Discourse in Jazz/85
Ⅰ. Fragmented S.tories of Displaced People： Profound Cultural Dislocations the Great Migration Entailed/86
Ⅱ. Jazzified Negotiations of Identity/99
Chapter Four Identity-Building through Cultural Hybridity in Paradise/114
Ⅰ. Paradise： a Critique of Essentialism and Manichaeism in Communal Historiography and Identity-Building/114
Ⅱ. Paradise： Towards Building a Hybrid Identity/127
Ⅲ. Reimagining Paradise/138
Chapter Five Toni Morrisons Identity-Building as an African American Woman Writer/142
Ⅰ. Toni Morrisons Racial Identity/143
Ⅱ. Toni Morrisons Gendered Identity/145
Ⅲ. Toni Morrisons Aesthetic Identity/147
Conclusion/155
Ⅰ. From Being Imagined "Other" to Being "Choices"： Toni Morrisons Identity-Building for African American People/155
Ⅱ. Toni Morrisons Exploration of the Relationship between Identity-Building and Rememory， History， and Storytelling/158
Ⅲ. Toni Morrisons Liminality/159
Ⅳ. Toni Morrisons Paradoxical Authoritative Position in the American Literary and Cultural World/162
Works Cited/165
Primary Sources/165
Secondary Sources/168
Acknowledgements/180
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