王建会的这本《性别与种族政治》以华裔美国文学重要女性作家作品为研究对象，以西方女性主义、亚裔美国女性主义、西方后殖民理论为理论依据，重点探讨了华裔女性文学中涉及的少数族裔女性所面临的性别身份与种族身份之间的冲突问题，性别与种族、阶级之间的复杂关系；本书论述了华裔女性作家在塑造少数族裔男性人物时所面临的困境及问题；本书还以J.Butler的理论为视角，解构了一直存在于华裔文学创作中文化民族主义与华裔女性主义之间的二元对立命题，揭示了这一命题的局限性。

Chapter One Introduction

 Notes

Chapter Two  "What Do Women Want?" The Women's Consciousness in Kingston's The Woman Warrior

 Contradictions/Ambiguities and Kingston's Feminist Agenda/Dilemma

 Maxine' s Formation of Self-Consciousness

 Resistance to Gender / Racial Stereotyping

 Notes

Chapter Three "Can They Stop Fighting?" Mother-Daughter Relations in Tan's The Joy Luck Club

 Mother-Daughter Conflicts

 Mother-Daughter Bond

 Narrative, Balance, and Reconciliation

 Notes

Chapter Four "Are They Men?" Emasculation of Chinese American Men and Reconstruction of Their Masculinity in Kingston's China Men

 Reconstruction of Asian (American) Men

 Parallel Structure and Chinese Men's identities

 Emasculation of Asian (American) Men

 Deeonstruction of Gender / Racial Formations

 Identities of Chinese Men in Chinese American Women's Writings

 Notes

Chapter Five "Are They Opposite Creatures?" Gender/Racial Deconstructions in Asian American Women's Writings

Works Cited

Appendixes