{"title":"Rachel Hope Cleves","description":"\u003cp\u003eRachel Hope Cleves is a distinguished author whose works open a captivating window into the nuanced intersections of history, culture, and identity. Her thoughtful and meticulously researched books invite readers to explore the complexities of human desires and societal norms throughout different eras.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn her acclaimed works such as \u003cem\u003eLustful Appetites\u003c\/em\u003e, Cleves delves into the intriguing history of how food and sexuality intertwine, offering readers an insightful perspective on the often-overlooked dynamic between the two. Meanwhile, in \u003cem\u003eUnspeakable\u003c\/em\u003e, Cleves presents a poignant exploration of love, secrecy, and resilience, focusing on the life of a 19th-century man who defied societal conventions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRachel Hope Cleves's writing seamlessly blends the genres of \u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/strong\u003e, making her books an illuminating addition to any reader's collection. Her ability to weave together rich historical narratives with personal stories has established her as a captivating voice for those eager to understand the past's impact on our present lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lustful-appetites-by-rachel-hope-cleves-9781509553631","title":"Lustful Appetites","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe take the edible trappings of flirtation for granted: chocolate covered strawberries and romance, oysters on the half shell and desire, the eggplant emoji and a suggestive wink. But why does it feel so natural for us to link food and sexual pleasure?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRachel Hope Cleves explores the long association between indulging in good food and an appetite for naughty sex, from the development of the Parisian restaurant as a place for men to meet with prostitutes and mistresses, to the role of sexual outlaws like bohemians, new women, lesbians, and gay men in creating epicurean culture in Britain and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking readers on a gastronomic journey from Paris and London to New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, \u003ci\u003eLustful Appetites\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how this preoccupation changed the ways we eat and the ways we are intimate―while also creating stigmas that persist well into our own twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46796413239532,"sku":"9781509553631","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12558563482725.jpg?v=1757095077"},{"product_id":"unspeakable-by-rachel-hope-cleves-9780226733531","title":"Unspeakable","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sexual exploitation of children by adults has a long, fraught history. Yet how cultures have reacted to it is shaped by a range of forces, beliefs, and norms, like any other social phenomenon. Changes in how Anglo-American culture has understood intergenerational sex can be seen with startling clarity in the life of British writer Norman Douglas (1868–1952), who was a beloved and popular author, a friend of luminaries like Graham Greene, Aldous Huxley, and D.H. Lawrence, and an unrepentant and uncloseted pederast. Rachel Hope Cleves’s careful study opens a window onto the social history of intergenerational sex in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, revealing how charisma, celebrity, and contemporary standards protected Douglas from punishment—until they didn’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnspeakable\u003c\/i\u003e approaches Douglas as neither monster nor literary hero, but as a man who participated in an exploitative sexual subculture that was tolerated in ways we may find hard to understand. Using letters, diaries, memoirs, police records, novels, and photographs—including sources by the children Douglas encountered—Cleves identifies the cultural practices that structured pedophilic behaviours in England, Italy, and other places Douglas favoured. Her book delineates how approaches to adult-child sex have changed over time and offers insight into how society can confront similar scandals today, celebrity and otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855900692716,"sku":"9780226733531","price":72.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19563593482268.jpg?v=1759282449"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/rachel-hope-cleves.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}