Rachel Hope Cleves
Rachel Hope Cleves | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 50–51) |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Nationality | American-Canadian |
| Period | 2010s–Present |
| Notable works | 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best known for her 2014 book Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America.[1] The book, a study of historical documents concerning the same-sex relationship of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake in the 19th century, was a shortlisted Lambda Literary Award nominee for LGBT Studies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] In Unspeakable: A Life beyond Sexual Morality, which is a biography of Norman Douglas that focuses on his pederasty and how attitudes toward it changed, she refers to herself as "a historian of sexuality".[5]
She has published four books, 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.[6]
On June 29, 2026, Cleves stated on social media that while she appreciated Tillie Walden's graphic novel about the story of Charity & Sylvia, she asserted that Walden had not adequately acknowledged that the graphic novel was based upon her book with a similar name, adapting it "without credit or compensation" and claiming her research "for her own," saying she was disappointed that Walden's media appearances will make her book "harder for readers to find, not easier, and diminish its...enormously positive impact." She later told The Beat that she wanted Drawn & Quarterly to give her the option for the adaptation and to "co-credit her, with appropriate compensation."[7][8][9] In a statement on July 2nd, Drawn & Quarterly defended Walden and her research, while Cleves described the graphic novel as an uncredited adaptation for which Walden and D&W should acknowledge, with appropriate compensation, rather than "profiting off eight years" of her labor, as she stated on social media.[10][9]
Books
[edit]- 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.
References
[edit]- ↑ "The improbable, 200-year-old story of one of America's first same-sex 'marriages'". The Washington Post, March 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Seventeen Canadian authors nominated for Lambda Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, March 4, 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Cleves, Unspeakable, p. 2.
- ↑ "Royal Society of Canada elects four UVic researchers". uvic.ca. September 10, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ↑ Puc, Samantha (June 30, 2026). "[UPDATED] Professor Rachel Hope Cleves wants Walden's CHARITY & SYLVIA licensed as an adaptation". The Beat. Archived from the original on July 2, 2026. Retrieved June 30, 2026.
- ↑ Degg, D.D (June 30, 2026). "Adaptation or Original Work?". The Daily Cartoonist. Archived from the original on July 2, 2026. Retrieved July 2, 2026.
- 1 2 Johnson, Rich (July 2, 2026). "Separated@Birth: Rachel Hope Cleves Vs Tillie Walden: Charity & Sylvia". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on July 2, 2026. Retrieved July 2, 2026.
- ↑ Holub, Christian (July 2, 2026). "D&Q Defends 'Charity & Sylvia' from Historian's Criticism". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on July 2, 2026. Retrieved July 2, 2026.
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