Camilla Fojas is an associate professor of media studies and affiliated faculty in American studies at the University of Virginia. Her most recent books are Border Bandits: Hollywood on the Southern Frontier and Transnational Crossroads: Remapping the Americas and the Pacific, coedited with Rudy Guevarra.

"With Islands of Empire, Fojas, a professor of Latino and Latin American Studies at Chicago’s DePaul University, shines a light through the screens of illusion that continue to form our mental picture of America’s role in world affairs." (Milwaukee Shepherd Express) "Drawing on an impressive array of archival evidence to provide historical context, Islands of Empire reveals the role of popular culture in creating and maintaining American imperialism." (Utne Reader) "Islands of Empire may well be a very gratifying read for the wider public, beyond the strictly academic audience, as much for the writing style as for its references to the celebrated films and actors that form part of contemporary imagery." (Symploke)

• Preface. Our Island Frontier: The Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and CubaAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Islands of EmpireChapter One. Foreign Domestics: The Filipino "Home Front" in World War II Popular CultureChapter Two. Imperial Grief: Loss and Longing in Havana before CastroChapter Three. Paradise, Hawaiian Style: Pop Tourism and the State of HawaiiChapter Four. Tropical Metropolis: West Side Stories and Colonial RedemptionChapter Five. The Guam Doctrine: Colonial Limbo in the PacificAfterword. Whither Empire? The Colonial Complex of U.S. Popular CultureNotesWorks CitedIndex

Camilla Fojas is an associate professor of media studies and affiliated faculty in American studies at the University of Virginia. Her most recent books are Border Bandits: Hollywood on the Southern Frontier and Transnational Crossroads: Remapping the Americas and the Pacific, coedited with Rudy Guevarra.

"With Islands of Empire, Fojas, a professor of Latino and Latin American Studies at Chicago’s DePaul University, shines a light through the screens of illusion that continue to form our mental picture of America’s role in world affairs." (Milwaukee Shepherd Express) "Drawing on an impressive array of archival evidence to provide historical context, Islands of Empire reveals the role of popular culture in creating and maintaining American imperialism." (Utne Reader) "Islands of Empire may well be a very gratifying read for the wider public, beyond the strictly academic audience, as much for the writing style as for its references to the celebrated films and actors that form part of contemporary imagery." (Symploke)

• Preface. Our Island Frontier: The Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and CubaAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Islands of EmpireChapter One. Foreign Domestics: The Filipino "Home Front" in World War II Popular CultureChapter Two. Imperial Grief: Loss and Longing in Havana before CastroChapter Three. Paradise, Hawaiian Style: Pop Tourism and the State of HawaiiChapter Four. Tropical Metropolis: West Side Stories and Colonial RedemptionChapter Five. The Guam Doctrine: Colonial Limbo in the PacificAfterword. Whither Empire? The Colonial Complex of U.S. Popular CultureNotesWorks CitedIndex