Chapter Ⅰ The Space Theory of Lefebvre, Foucault and Bhabha
1.1 The Development of Space Theory
1.2 The Major Points of Lefebvre and Foucault's Space Theory
1.3 Postcolonial Theories of Bhabha's Hybridity and the Third Space
Chapter Ⅱ The Exploration of American Ethnic Literature
2.1 The Research on Langston Hughes and Not Without Laughter
2.2 The Research on Leslie Marmon Silko and Ceremony
Chapter Ⅲ The Exploration of Identities in Terms of Space Theory
3.1 African American Identities in Not without Laughter
3.1.1 Racial Identity in the Novel
3.1.2 Gender Identity in the Novel
3.2 African Americans' Identities in Terms of Space Theory
3.2.1 Racial Identity in Terms of Space Theory
3.2.2 Gender Identity in Terms of Space
Chapter Ⅳ Exploring the"Third Space": Tayo's Healing Journey and the Reconstruction of American Indian Culture in Ceremony
4.1 Tayo's Trauma
4.1.1 Physical and Mental Trauma
4.1.2 Conflicts of Cognitive Patterns
4.1.3 Tayo's Identity Dilemma
4.2 The Predicament of American Indian Culture
4.2.1 Cultural Trauma
4.2.2 Conflicts of Worldviews
4.2.3 Loss of the Collective Cultural Identity
4.3 Tayo's Healing Journey in Ceremony
4.3.1 Healing Power of Indigenous Cultural Elements
4.3.2 Recovery of Tayo
Chapter Ⅴ The Spatial Construction in American Ethnic Literature
5.1 The Significance of Spatial Construction in Not Without Laughter
5.1.1 The Urgent Pursuit of Identity Reflected by Spatial Construction
5.1.2 The Anxiety about Identity Reflected by Spatial Construction
.2 The Reconstruction of Contemporary American Indian Culture Space under the Context of Post-colonialism in Ceremony
5.2.1 Inheriting American Indian Cultural Tradition
5.2.2 Recognizing the Changing World
5.2.3 Pursuing the Third Space Based on Cultural Hybridity
Conclusion
References
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