DePaul Humanities Center Presents A Reading from THE STEAL 9/26

The DePaul Humanities Center will present 2011-2012 Faculty Fellow Rachel Shteir reading from her new book THE STEAL on Monday, September 26, 2011. The reception will begin at 5:30 PM, and the reading will begin at 6 PM, at DePaul University's Cortelyou Commons, located at 2323 N. Fremont St., Chicago. This event is free and open to the public.

For more information about the scheduled reading, please call the Humanities Center at (773) 325-4580, visit www.las.depaul.edu/humanitiescenter or email aperson@depaul.edu.

More information about Rachel Shteir can be found online at www.rachelshteir.com.  

About the Book: In THE STEAL: A Cultural History of Shoplifting (The Penguin Press; July 4, 2011), Rachel Shteir presents the first ever serious study of shoplifting. Who steals and why? What do they steal? How do they do it and how can stores stop them? What are the consequences of being caught? Shteir, author of the award-winning book Striptease and an associate professor in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism at The Theater School at DePaul University, examines the rich and fascinating history of shoplifting from its modern roots in Elizabethan England-when stealing was punishable by death-through today. Along the way, she addresses shoplifting in its every iteration, from compulsive stealing as a disease, to a representation of teen angst, to an act born out of desperate need, and to a form of protest against governments and corporations.

THE STEAL: A Cultural History of Shoplifting by Rachel Shteir, The Penguin Press, July 4, 2011, 272 pages *ISBN 978-1-59420-297-1* $25.95

About the Author: Rachel Shteir is the author of the award-winning Striptease: THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE GIRLIE SHOW and FYPSY: THE ART OF THE TEASE. Her writing has appeared in the NEW YORK TIMES, SLATE, the GUARDIAN, PLAYBOY, the LOS ANGELES TIMES, CHICAGO MAGAZINE, the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, and elsewhere. She is an associate professor and the head of the BFA program in criticism and dramaturgy at The Theatre School at DePaul University. Visit www.rachelshteir.com for more information.