黛安信箱：美国年轻华裔女性身份认同的心路历程

　　本书依据黛安信札着重讨论加州海湾地区一群年轻华裔女性在融入美国社会过程中的种种经历，并通过同化理论分析中国移民在美国的现实生存状况。为探讨不同种族女性移民在美国的共同经历，本书对黛安信札与犹太信札进行了比较分析，发现很多年轻华裔女性和犹太女性移民都面临着许多共同问题，例如加剧的代沟矛盾和身份认知困扰等。年轻华裔女性，如同其它族裔的亚洲及犹太妇女一样，通常渴望美国化，同时却发现她们经常和父母亲以及美国主流社会存在着难以调和的矛盾。美国年轻华裔妇女的同化经历是一个问题重重、痛苦和漫长的过程。

　　蔡鸿，美国堪萨斯大学美国学博士。专业研究领域为美国的种族与族裔、移民及妇女研究。现为北京外国语大学教师。主要教授过的课程有国际关系、西方文明、英美社会与文化、英语学术阅读与写作等。曾在国外发表期刊文章The Dear Diane Letters and the Bintel Brief： The Experiences of Chinese and Jewish Immigrant Womenin Encountering America， 并先后参与梅仁毅教授主编的《美国》及《美国研究十一讲》的撰写工作。

Table of ContentsIntroduction 1Chapter One A Historiographical Examination of ChineseAmerican Women 101.1 A Historical Exploration of Chinese American Immigration 111.2 The Historiography of Chinese American Women’s History 31Chapter Two A Mixed Racial Identity: the “Double Consciousness”of Young Chinese Women during Their Assimilation to Contemporary America 42Chapter Three Coding and Decoding the “Dear Diane” Letters:Race, Gender, and Culture 593.1 A Critical Examination of Sojourning, Transnationalism,and Assimilation Theory 593.1.1 A Sojourning Theory 593.1.2 A Transnational Theory 633.1.3 Assimilation Theory 643.2 An Examination of the “Dear Diane” Letters 68Chapter Four The Chinese “Dear Diane” Letters: A Social and Cultural Exploration 944.1 The Construction of the “Dear Diane” Book—An Introduction 944.2 The Chinese Translation of the “Dear Diane” Letters—A Socialand Transcultural Perspective 99Chapter Five The “Bintel Brief” and the “Dear Diane”Letters in Comparative Perspective 1275.1 The Construction of the “Bintel Brief” Letters 1305.2 A Comparative View of the “Dear Diane” Letters and the“Bintel Brief” Letters 1335.3 A Summing-up 153Conclusion Afterthought to the “Dear Diane” Letters 156Appendix 1 Letter Summaries of the English “Dear Diane” Book 166Appendix 2 Letter Summaries of the Chinese “Dear Diane” Book 173SOURCES 177