Examines the 1836 novel 'Die Colonisten,' by German author, editor and publicist Amalia Schoppe. Reaffirmation of the values of middle-class European society; Ways in which the text links colonization and middle-class gender relations; Relation to the legend of Inkle and Yarico and the concept of mimicry elaborated in Homi Bhabha's 'The Location of Culture.'