Camilla Fojas explores a broad range of popular culture media film television journalism advertisements travel writing and literature with an eye toward how the United States as an empire imagined its own military and economic projects Impressive in its scope Islands of Empire looks to Cuba Guam Hawai i Puerto Rico and the Philippines asking how popular narratives about these island outposts expressed the attitudes of the continent throughout the twentieth century Through deep textual readings of Bataan Victory at Sea They Were Expendable and Back to Bataan Philippines No Man Is an Island and Max Havoc Curse of the Dragon Guam Cuba Havana and Dirty Dancing Havana Nights Cuba Blue Hawaii Gidget Goes Hawaiian and Paradise Hawaiian Style Hawai i and West Side Story Fame and El Cantante Puerto Rico Fojas demonstrates how popular texts are inseparable from U S imperialist ideology 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 U S imperialism Fojas s textual readings deftly move from location to location exploring each island s relationship to the United States and its complementary role in popular culture Tracing each outpost s varied and even contradictory political status Fojas demonstrates that these works of popular culture mirror each location s shifting alignment to the U S empire from coveted object to possession to enemy state

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