Rachel Hope Cleves Explained
| Rachel Hope Cleves |
| Birth Place: | New York City |
| Occupation: | Historian |
| Period: | 2010s–Present |
| Nationality: | American-Canadian |
| Notableworks: | Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America |
Rachel Hope Cleves (born 1975) is an American-Canadian historian, best known for her 2014 book Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America.[1] The book, a study of historical documents concerning the same-sex relationship of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake in the 19th century, was a shortlisted Lambda Literary Award nominee for LGBT Studies at the 27th Lambda Literary Awards.[2]
Born in New York City in 1975, Cleves studied at Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley, and has been a professor at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia since 2009.[3] She is a specialist in early American history, with research areas including gender and sexuality, the American relationship with the French Revolution, and the War of 1812.[4]
She has also published the books, The Reign of Terror in America: Visions of Violence from Anti-Jacobinism to Antislavery (2009), as well as articles in journals such as Early American Studies, Reviews in American History and the Journal of American History.
In 2019, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[5]
Works
Books
- Rachel Hope Cleves (2009). The Reign of Terror in America: Visions of Violence from Anti-Jacobinism to Antislavery. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107403987.
- Rachel Hope Cleves (2014). Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0190627317.
- Rachel Hope Cleves (2020). Unspeakable: A Life Beyond Sexual Morality. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226733531.
- Rachel Hope Cleves (2024). Lustful Appetites: An Intimate History of Good Food and Wicked Sex. Polity. ISBN 978-1509553631.
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/20/the-improbable-story-of-one-of-americas-first-same-sex-marriages-from-over-200-years-ago/ "The improbable, 200-year-old story of one of America's first same-sex 'marriages'"
- http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2015/03/04/sixteen-canadian-authors-nominated-for-lambda-literary-awards/ "Seventeen Canadian authors nominated for Lambda Literary Awards"
- "A surprising history of same-sex nuptials". Victoria Times-Colonist, April 26, 2015.
- "Our interpretation of history is clouded by the fog of war". Victoria Times-Colonist, February 19, 2012.
- Web site: Royal Society of Canada elects four UVic researchers . uvic.ca . November 13, 2019 . September 10, 2019.
