Creep \ Creep (Spanish edition): Acusaciones y confesiones

Creep \ Creep (Spanish edition): Acusaciones y confesiones

by Myriam Gurba

Narrated by Alejandra Corman

Unabridged — 12 hours, 52 minutes

Creep \ Creep (Spanish edition): Acusaciones y confesiones

Creep \ Creep (Spanish edition): Acusaciones y confesiones

by Myriam Gurba

Narrated by Alejandra Corman

Unabridged — 12 hours, 52 minutes

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Overview

De la aclamada autora de Mean (Mala onda), una de las escritoras que con más ferocidad han explorado la identidad latinx desde una perspectiva interseccional, llega esta implacable e incisiva colección de ensayos que confronta la opresión dominante e insidiosa, y la toxicidad que se ha colado en la sociedad: tanto en los libros, las escuelas y los hogares como en los sistemas que la perpetúan.

Un creep puede ser una figura singular, un villano que obliga a las cosas a hacer ruido por la noche. Pero creep es también lo que hace la niebla: acecha para realizar su trabajo sucio, silenciar los gritos, ocultar la verdad y encubrir a aquellos que rondan en su interior.*

Creep es la sociología informal de Gurba sobre los creeps, una profunda exploración dentro de los oscuros recovecos de las tradiciones tóxicas que asolan a los Estados Unidos y dan vida a los agresores que invaden nuestros libros, escuelas y hogares. A través de una crítica cultural a modo de ensayos personales, Gurba explora las formas en las que la opresión se propaga colectivamente y sostiene ecosistemas que distribuyen de manera injusta el sufrimiento y la muerte prematura de los más vulnerables. Sin embargo, identificar individuos, grupos sociales y culturas creep es sólo la mitad del proyecto de este libro: la otra mitad consiste en examinar cómo nosotros, en tanto individuos, comunidades e instituciones, podemos desafiar los creeps y deshacer la niebla que pretende cegarnos.

Con implacable agudeza, humor áspero y un estilo atrevido y despiadado, Gurba implica a todos y todo; desde Joan Didion hasta su antiguo agresor, desde los estereotipos mexicanos hasta el sistema carcelario, nadie saldrá indemne.

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From talented Mexican American writer, story-teller, and visual artist Myriam Gurba comes a brand-new collection of essays that seek to redefine what a ""creep"" is, via cultural criticism disguised as personal essays and seek to redefine accountability, illuminating how social groups create, strengthen, perpetuate, and protect hierarchies which ensnare, harm, and sometimes even kill the subjugated.

Myriam's new book is an essay collection entitled*CREEP (and Other Essays), which aims to be an informal sociology of creeps.*Though the term may instantly evoke images of the Harvey Weinsteins of the world-and they are by no means outside of Myriam's scope-these essays range far and wide to zero in on lesser-known and unexpected creeps like William Burroughs, Joan Didion, the criminal justice system, the public education system, and, yes, even our own publishing industry.*Each essay a bullet, Myriam targets and identifies individual creeps, creepy social groups, and creepy cultures.*But that's only half of the book's taxonomic project.*The other half is examining how individuals, communities, and institutions*challenge*creeps and creepiness.

*The essays in CREEP-cultural criticism disguised as personal essay-seek to redefine accountability, illuminating how social groups create, strengthen, perpetuate, and protect hierarchies which ensnare, harm, and sometimes even kill the subjugated.*The collection also maps oppression not as an act, but as an environment-the very water we're swimming in, the air we breathe-that unfairly distributes suffering and premature death to those minoritized by gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, immigration status, age, poverty, and other exploitable differences.*Of course, Myriam does it all in the distinctive campy style for which she has become known, propelled by aggressive Chicana wit and an insatiable urge to tip sacred cows.


Editorial Reviews

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"Truly exceptional. . . Gurba’s lyrical prose forces us to face the sexism, racism, homophobia, and other systems of oppression that allow some Americans to get away with murder while the rest of us live in constant fear. Every piece is rife with well-timed humor and surprising conclusions, many of which come from the author's staggering command of history. Profoundly insightful, thoroughly researched, incredibly inventive, and laugh-out-loud funny, this book is a masterpiece of wit and vulnerability."  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Powerful. . . Full of lean prose and biting commentary, [Creep] is as emotionally heavy as it is hard to put down." — Publishers Weekly

“[A] wide-ranging collection of memories. . . Gurba [. . .] vividly dissects the insidious toll of sexual violence and racism through firsthand experience [and] unsparingly challenges us to confront the many ways those who prey on others are obscured and even protected by our society.” — Booklist

“With personal essays that transform into astute pieces of cultural criticism, Gurba explores the way creeps haunt our books, our schools, and our homes—and how we can work to challenge them.” —Lit Hub’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2023”Literary Hub

Product Details

BN ID: 2940159413826
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 06/25/2024
Edition description: Unabridged
Language: Spanish
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