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Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Development of Asian American Literature
Introduction to Obasan
Structure of The Thesis
Chapter One Loss of Cultural Location
1.1 Source of Cultural Identity
1.1.1 The Issue of Cultural Identity
1.1.2 Identity Crisis of Asian American Females
1.2 Identity Crisis in Childhood
1.2.1 Japan: From the Source of Security to the Origin of Disbelief
1.2.2 Canada: A Country Banishes Its Own People
1.2.3 Negation to the Two Cultures
1.3 Oppressive Silence
1.3.1 Formation of the Oppressive Silence
1.3.2 Naomi's Devoicing
1.3.3 Issei Silence
Chapter Two Bewilderment in Seeking Ethnic Identity
2.1 Dilemma of an Ethnic Minority Female
2.1.1 The Third Space
2.1.2 The Combination of Racialism and Sexism
2.2 Bewilderment between Worlds
2.2.1 A Hard Choice between East and West
2.2.2 Negotiation between Two Cultures
2.3 Meditative Silence
2.3.1 The Formation of Meditative Silence
2.3.2 Meditative Silence of Naomi
Chapter Three Construction of Ethnic Minority Female Identity
3.1 Hybridity of the Ethnic Identity
3.1.1 Cultural Identity in Post Colonialism
3.1.2 Hybridity
3.2 Articulate Silence
3.2.1 A Different Manner of Articulation
3.2.2 A Silent Mode of Articulation
3.3 Construction of Hybrid Identity
3.3.1 Revelation of the History
3.3.2 The Acceptance of a Multiple Identity
Conclusion
Bibliography
Papers Published