Island in the Net: Digital Culture in Post-Castro Cuba.by Kohn, Kohn, New**

Princeton University Press

Island in the NetDigital Culture in Post-Castro Cuba\nAuthor(s): Steffen Khn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691273143, 978-0691273143\nSynopsis\nAn exploration of Cubas emerging digital culture and Cubans creation of grassroots networks, digital black markets, and online spaces for public debate\n\nUntil just a few years ago, Cuba was one of the least-connected countries in the world. But as digital technology has become increasingly available, Cubans have found inventive ways to work around such remaining barriers as slow speeds, high costs, and inadequate infrastructure. In Island in the Net, Steffen Khn examines Cubas nascent digital culture and how it has reconfigured the relationship between the state and its citizens. Khn shows that through innovations including sneakernets (the physical transfer of information by flash drives and other devices), digital black markets, and online spaces.