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The triumph of the Cuban Revolution gave the Communist Party a
monopoly over both politics and the mass media. However, with the
subsequent global proliferation of new information and
communication technologies, Cuban citizens have become active
participants in the worldwide digital revolution. While the Cuban
internet has long been characterized by censorship, high costs,
slow speeds, and limited access, this volume argues that since
2013, technological developments have allowed for a fundamental
reconfiguration of the cultural, economic, social, and political
spheres of the Revolutionary project.The essays in this volume
cover various transformations within this new digital revolution,
examining both government-enabled paid public web access as well as
creative workarounds that Cubans have designed to independently
produce, distribute, and access digital content. Contributors trace
how media ventures, entrepreneurship, online marketing, journalism,
and cultural e-zines have been developing on the island alongside
global technological and geopolitical changes. As Cuba continues to
expand internet access and as citizens challenge state policies on
the speed, breadth, and freedom of that access, Cuba's Digital
Revolution provides a fascinating example of the impact of
technology in authoritarian states and transitional democracies.
While the streets of Cuba may still belong to Castro's Revolution,
this volume argues, it is still unclear to whom Cuban cyberspace
belongs.
The triumph of the Cuban Revolution gave the Communist Party a
monopoly over both politics and the mass media. However, with the
subsequent global proliferation of new information and
communication technologies, Cuban citizens have become active
participants in the worldwide digital revolution. While the Cuban
internet has long been characterized by censorship, high costs,
slow speeds, and limited access, this volume argues that since
2013, technological developments have allowed for a fundamental
reconfiguration of the cultural, economic, social, and political
spheres of the Revolutionary project. The essays in this volume
cover various transformations within this new digital revolution,
examining both government-enabled paid public web access and
creative workarounds that Cubans have designed to independently
produce, distribute, and access digital content. Contributors trace
how media ventures, entrepreneurship, online marketing, journalism,
and cultural e-zines have been developing on the island alongside
global technological and geopolitical changes. As Cuba continues to
expand internet access and as citizens challenge state policies on
the speed, breadth, and freedom of that access, Cuba's Digital
Revolution provides a fascinating example of the impact of
technology in authoritarian states and transitional democracies.
While the streets of Cuba may still belong to Castro's Revolution,
this volume argues that it is still unclear to whom Cuban
cyberspace belongs. Contributors: Larry Press | Edel Lima Sarmiento
| Olga Khrustaleva | Alexei Padilla Herrera | Eloy Viera Canive |
Marie Laure Geoffray | Ted A. Henken | Sara Garcia Santamaria |
Anne Natvig | Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Arechavaleta | Mireya
Marquez-Ramirez, Ph.D.| Abel Somohano Fernandez | Rebecca Ogden |
Jennifer Cearns | Walfrido Dorta | Paloma Duong Publication of the
paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities
through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
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Cuba (Hardcover)
Ted A. Henken, Miriam Celaya, Dimas Castellanos
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R3,398
Discovery Miles 33 980
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Written by some of the best-known independent scholars, citizen
journalists, cyber-activists, and bloggers living in Cuba today,
this book presents a critical, complete, and unbiased overview of
contemporary Cuba. In this era of ever-increasing globalization and
communication across national borders, Cuba remains an isolated
island oddly out of step with the rest of the world. And yet, Cuba
is beginning to evolve via the important if still insufficient
changes instituted by Raul Castro, who became president in 2008.
This book supplies a uniquely independent, accurate, and critical
perspective in order to evaluate these changes in the context of
the island's rich and complex history and culture. Organized into
seven topical chapters that address geography, history, politics
and government, economics, society, culture, and contemporary
issues, readers will gain a broad, insightful understanding of one
of the most unusual, fascinating, and often misunderstood nations
in the Western Hemisphere. Pays special attention to the
opportunities, limitations, and challenges presented by the
leadership of Raul Castro and his reforms Provides an accurate,
insider's perspective into contemporary Cuba supplied by Cubans who
currently live and work on the island, in stark contrast with most
accounts that are filtered through the lens of an outside observer
Supplies readers with a critical, comprehensive review of Cuban
history, economics, politics, culture, and society that places
current developments in historical context Includes a glossary, an
appendix of up-to-date statistical information, dozens of sidebars
on a variety of important and unusual topics, and an annotated
bibliography
This fascinating work provides an enlightening guided tour of the
island of Cuba's historical, political, economic, and sociocultural
development from the pre-Columbian period to the present. Cuba: A
Global Studies Handbook offers a revealing look at a nation that,
in its ongoing pursuit of freedom, has been a colonial pawn, a
neocolonial paradise for corrupt politicians and dictators, an
alluring vacation destination, a defiant Communist holdout and
embarrassing thorn in the side of the powerful United States.
Drawing heavily on his own research and experiences on the island,
the author follows Cuba's political, economic, and sociocultural
development from the pre-Columbian period to the present-with an
emphasis on the revolutionary period. The book's reference section
includes alphabetically organized entries on important people,
places, and historical events, as well as shorter sections on Cuban
Spanish, national traditions and holidays, cuisines, and important
organizations. Also featured is a chart tracing the development of
Cuban popular music and a listener's guide to some of the best
available recordings. A useful reference section provides a
descriptive alphabetical listing of specific information on
important people, places, and historical events, as well as
sections on Cuban Spanish, etiquette, national habits and
traditions, cuisine, holidays, and important organizations Includes
a detailed chronology of Cuban history from pre-Columbian times to
the present, with emphasis on the revolutionary triumph of the late
1950s and early 1960s, Castro's enduring Communist regime, and the
economic crisis of the "special period" that began in Cuba in 1990
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