Introduction
Development of Chinese American Literature
Prominent Positions of Kingston and Tan in Chinese
American Literature """
Definitions of Chinese American Literature
Literature Review and the Writing Purpose
Chapter One Silence-Breaking
Layers of Silencing
Impetus for Breaking the Silence
Ways of Breaking the Silence
Chapter Two Identity-Seeking
Stages of Identity Formation
Identity Dilemma of Chinese Americans
Identity-Seeking as Seen in Chinese American
Women's Writings
Seeking an Ethnic Identity
Seeking a Gender Identity
Chapter Three Storytelling
Strategy of Ambiguity
Multi-Versions of Stories
Rewriting Chinese Myths and Literary Classics
Rewriting Western Classics and Myths
Conclusion
Bibliography