本篇論文旨在研究文學以及歷史再現中的早期中國移民女性。當今華美文學研究著重第二代作家的自我書寫以及男性移民的再現。透過分析華美第二代作家筆下呈現的移民女性，我發現了與美國刻板印象中的中國女性迥然不同的女性意象。有鑑於華美歷史研究一直以來偏重於探究身為僕役以及妓女的早期移民女性的歷史，透過檢視其他早期中國女性的移民情境以及歷史個案，我呈現了早期中國移民女性的多樣性以及重要性。
論文共分五章。第一章綜述華美性別研究。首先，我簡述早期中國（女性）移民的歷史脈絡。然後，我討論既有文獻中有關僕役以及妓女的研究，並點出其對於其他移民女性的忽略。再來，我分析華美第二代作家在性別以及歷史呈現的論述中如何邊緣化早期中國移民女性。
第二章和第三章閱讀文學中呈現的早期中國移民女性。第二章閱讀徐忠雄《天堂樹》中描寫的兩位無名移民女性以及趙建秀《龍年》對於「中國媽媽」的角色形塑，我指出移民女性不必是樣板化或被動的角色。第三章由勇蘭的角度訴說湯亭亭《女戰士》中的移民女性歷史，我認為了解勇蘭的生命經驗是解開母女誤解的關鍵。
第四章著重於歷史紀錄中早期中國移民女性的故事。首先，我分析早期中國移民女性和當時中國女性在家庭、文化和社會上的不同經驗。然後，我強調早期中國移民女性對於移民家庭經濟的貢獻。再來，我蒐羅早期中國移民女性不同面向的歷史個案，並探究她們在勞動工作之外達成的個人實現以及參與的社會、政治運動。第五章總結此論文。並以2012年6月美國參議院《排華法案》道歉案中對移民女性的漠視作結，思考未來研究早期中國移民女性的方向與途徑。

This thesis conducts a literary and historical study of early Chinese immigrant women. Although Chinese women of the immigrant generation appear in many Chinese American texts, their importance and agency are often overshadowed by male immigrants and the second-generation Chinese Americans. In this thesis, I bring to the fore the literary renderings of these women by second-generation writers, which dispel the racial stereotype of Chinese women in American mainstream culture. While current scholarship regarding Chinese female history focuses on slave girls and prostitutes, I look at early Chinese immigrant women with different experiences. Analyzing the historical contexts and individual cases, I attempt to show the variety and importance of early Chinese immigrant women.
There are five chapters in this thesis. Chapter One serves as an introduction, in which I offer an overview of early Chinese (female) immigration history and discuss the marginalization of early Chinese immigrant women in existing scholarship and by second-generation Chinese American authors. Chapter Two centers on the literary configurations of early Chinese immigrant women in Shawn Wong’s Homebase and Frank Chin’s The Year of the Dragon, both of which deviate from the long-standing negative perception of Chinese women in the dominant American culture. Chapter Three (re)tells Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior from the immigrant mother’s viewpoint and highlights the importance of the mother’s life and immigrant experiences in comprehending her American presence.
In Chapter Four, I analyze the familial, cultural, and social differences between early Chinese immigrant women and the women in China and emphasize the contribution of immigrant women to family economy. This chapter also features several historical cases to show the self-fulfillment, political and social engagement of early Chinese female immigrants. I conclude with a summary of this thesis and after
thoughts for future research.

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