6 Fathers and Sons: Donnerstag and Freitag, Campe and Krusoe

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. I Armchair Conquistadors; or, The Quest for "New Germany"
6. 1 Tiranos animales 0 alemanes: Germans and the "Conquest" 17
7. 2 A Conquest of the Intellect 31
8. II Colonizing Theory: Gender, Race, and the Search for a National Identity
9. 3 Gendering the "Conquest" 43
10. 4 Racializing the Colony 66
11. 5 Patagons and Germans 81
12. III Colonial Families; or, Displacing the Colonizers
13. 6 Fathers and Sons: Donnerstag and Freitag, Campe and Krusoe 99
14. 7 Husbands and Wives: Colonialism Domesticated 121
15. 8 Betrothal and Divorce; or, Revolution in the House 141
16. IV Virgin Islands, Teuton Conquerors
17. 9 The German Columbus 163
18. 10 The Second Discovery 173
19. 11 Colonial Fantasies Revisited 191
20. Epilogue: Vitzliputzli's Revenge 202
21. Notes 211
22. Bibliography 263
23. Index 287