声明
Abstract
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1．1 The Author and the Text
1．2 Literature Review
1．3 Significance and Layout of Thesis
Chapter 2 ‘‘Motherless Children’’in Vietnam
2．1 Abandoned by Biological Mother
2．1．1 Discarded as “Dust’’
2．1．2 Maltreated as ‘‘Vent’’
2．2 Ostracized by Motherland-Vietnam
2．2．1 Citizonship Denied by Jus Sanguinis
2．2．2 Being in a Pariah Status
2．3 Reasons of being“Motherless’’
2．3．1 Helpless Mothers
2．3．2 Anti-colonialism of Vietnam
Chapter 3 “Fatherless Children” in America
3．1 Disregarded by Biological Fathers
3．1．1 Unwittingly Denying Paternity
3．1．2 Wittingly Evading Paternity
3．2 Marginalized by Fatherland-America
3．2．1 Citizenship denied by Jus Soli
3．2．2 Treated as Refugees
3．3 Reasons of Being‘‘Fatherless’’
3．3．1 Self-centered Fathers
3．3．2 Hegemony of America
Chapter 4 Battle Cry of “Homeless Children'’
4．1 Failed Struggle to Be Vietnamese
4．1．1 Endeavoring to Be Descendants
4．1．2 Mixed Sense of Belonging
4．2 Failed Struggle to Be Americans
4．2．1 Striving for Survival
4．2．2 Struggling for Acceptance
4．3 Reasons of Being ‘‘Homeless’’
4．3．1 Deserted By “Families’’
4．3．2 “Legacy’’ of the Vietnam War
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5．1 Summary and Limitations
5．2 Further Study
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
