序
前言
Introduction/1
Ⅰ. Biographical and Critical Contexts of Toni Morrison's 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 Morrison's 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 Morrison's Identity-Building as an African American Woman Writer/142
Ⅰ. Toni Morrison's Racial Identity/143
Ⅱ. Toni Morrison's Gendered Identity/145
Ⅲ. Toni Morrison's Aesthetic Identity/147
Conclusion/155
Ⅰ. From Being Imagined "Other" to Being "Choices": Toni Morrison's Identity-Building for African American People/155
Ⅱ. Toni Morrison's Exploration of the Relationship between Identity-Building and Rememory, History, and Storytelling/158
Ⅲ. Toni Morrison's Liminality/159
Ⅳ. Toni Morrison's Paradoxical Authoritative Position in the American Literary and Cultural World/162
Works Cited/165
Primary Sources/165
Secondary Sources/168
Acknowledgements/180
