LEADER 03218oam 22004094a 450 001 9910228949003321 005 20210915045046.0 010 $a9781947447103$b(PDF ebook) 010 $a1947447106$b(PDF ebook) 010 $z9781947447110 010 $z1947447114 035 $a(CKB)4100000000927507 035 $a(OCoLC)1048196679 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77026 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000927507 100 $a20170731d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurc|#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCreep: A Life, A Theory, An Apology$fJonathan Alexander 205 $a1st edition. 210 1$aSanta Barbara, CA :$cPunctum Books,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017. 215 $a1 online resource (167 pages) $cillustrations (black and white); digital file(s) 311 $a1-947447-11-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aCreeps surround us, seemingly everywhere. People creep up on each other both on the streets and online, with digital technologies vectoring a lot of cyber-stalking. It?s so easy to spy on people that ?creep catching? has even become a form of news entertainment in shows such as ?To Catch a Predator.? But what defines a creep is so broad that nearly anyone can be a creep at times. Many of us wonder if we ourselves have been creepy, or if perhaps we engage in behavior that, if others knew, would easily earn us the title ?creep.? Even Donald Trump, during the raucous 2016 campaign, was called a ?creep? on several occasions by various news media. Indeed, for many of us, the specter of the creep is not just threatening, but exciting ? exciting perhaps in the possibility of threat. Yes, we get creeped out. But we are also fascinated by creeps, perhaps in part because we all sense the potential inside ourselves for creepy behavior. In this provocative and engaging new book, Jonathan Alexander interweaves personal narrative and cultural analyses to explore what it means to be a creep. Calling this work a critical memoir, he draws on his own experiences growing up gay in the deep south, while also interrogating examples from literature and popular film and media, to approach the figure of the creep with some sympathy. Ranging widely over contemporary culture, especially the ever-creeping presence of nearly ubiquitous surveillance, Alexander confesses his own creepiness while also explaining to us what being creepy can show us in turn about our culture. He also resurrects some famous ?creeps? from the past, such as J.R. Ackerley, to explore what makes a creep creepy, and how even the best of us succumb at times to being creeps. Ultimately, Alexander argues, a study of creepiness might offer us critical insight into the fundamental perversity of how we live. Creep: A Life, A Theory, an Apology is a timely meditation for our strange and creepy times. 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a306.766092 700 $aAlexander$b Jonathan$0801335 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 912 $a9910228949003321 996 $aCreep: A Life, A Theory, An Apology$92433386 997 $aUNINA