Catherine M Roach
Biographic Data
| ID | 1594742 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine M Roach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine M |
| FAMILY NAME | Roach |
| SIGNATURE | ROACH C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction
Teaching about good sex
The Higher Branches’
Happily Ever After
Listen to a podcast with the author.
Happily Ever After
Going Native
This essay explores an experimental method for how an academic interested in popular romance fiction might study this bestselling genre. It sets out a practice for negotiating the "aca-fan" tension in the growing field of popular romance studies, based on methods of the aca-fan-writer, observant participation, and performative ethnography
Stripping, Sex, and Popular Culture
At the heart of Stripping, Sex, and Popular Culture lies a very personal story, of author Catherine Roach's response to the decision of her life-long best friend to become an exotic dancer. Catherine and Marie grew up together in Canada and moved to the USA to enroll in PhD programs at prestigious universities. For various reasons, Marie left her program and instead chose to work as a stripper. The author, at first troubled and yet fascinated by …
Ducks, Bogs, and Guns a Case Study of Stewardship Ethics in Newfoundland
Three major strategies exist for the protection of endangered habitat and species: (1) land acquisition programs, (2) government legislation and regulatory agencies, and (3) "stewardship" programs that are voluntary and community-based. While all of these strategies have merit, we suggest that stewardship holds particular advantages and should be considered more often as a strategy of first choice. In this article, we examine the Municipal Wetlan…
Mother / Nature
How our views of mother are reflected in our views of Mother Nature.
Mother / Nature
Wilderness--within and without -- Heart-of-darkness environmentalism -- Mother Nature in popular culture -- Tools of analysis : religion, psychology, and gender -- I. Nature as good mother -- Love your mother -- Loving Mother Earth : case study of a bumper sticker -- Ecofeminist critique -- Are women closer to nature? -- Mothers and mother nature -- Unconscious and the environment -- Nature of mothering -- Case study revisited -- II. Nature as ba…
Loving Your Mother
In this essay I explore the relation between woman and nature. In the first half, I argue that the environmental slogan “Love Your Mother” is problematical because of the way “mother” and “motherhood” function in patriarchal culture. In the essay's second half, I argue that the question, “Are women closer to nature than men?” is conceptually flawed and that the nature-culture dualism upon which it is predicated is in need of being biodegraded for…
Loving Your Mother
In this essay I explore the relation between woman and nature. In the first half, I argue that the environmental slogan “Love Your Mother” is problematical because of the way “mother” and “motherhood” function in patriarchal culture. In the essay's second half, I argue that the question, “Are women closer to nature than men?” is conceptually flawed and that the nature-culture dualism upon which it is predicated is in need of being biodegraded for…
Going Native
This essay explores an experimental method for how an academic interested in popular romance fiction might study this bestselling genre. It sets out a practice for negotiating the "aca-fan" tension in the growing field of popular romance studies, based on methods of the aca-fan-writer, observant participation, and performative ethnography
Loving Your Mother
In this essay I explore the relation between woman and nature. In the first half, I argue that the environmental slogan “Love Your Mother” is problematical because of the way “mother” and “motherhood” function in patriarchal culture. In the essay's second half, I argue that the question, “Are women closer to nature than men?” is conceptually flawed and that the nature-culture dualism upon which it is predicated is in need of being biodegraded for…
Mother / Nature
How our views of mother are reflected in our views of Mother Nature.
Mother / Nature
Wilderness--within and without -- Heart-of-darkness environmentalism -- Mother Nature in popular culture -- Tools of analysis : religion, psychology, and gender -- I. Nature as good mother -- Love your mother -- Loving Mother Earth : case study of a bumper sticker -- Ecofeminist critique -- Are women closer to nature? -- Mothers and mother nature -- Unconscious and the environment -- Nature of mothering -- Case study revisited -- II. Nature as ba…
Ducks, Bogs, and Guns a Case Study of Stewardship Ethics in Newfoundland
Three major strategies exist for the protection of endangered habitat and species: (1) land acquisition programs, (2) government legislation and regulatory agencies, and (3) "stewardship" programs that are voluntary and community-based. While all of these strategies have merit, we suggest that stewardship holds particular advantages and should be considered more often as a strategy of first choice. In this article, we examine the Municipal Wetlan…
Stripping, Sex, and Popular Culture
At the heart of Stripping, Sex, and Popular Culture lies a very personal story, of author Catherine Roach's response to the decision of her life-long best friend to become an exotic dancer. Catherine and Marie grew up together in Canada and moved to the USA to enroll in PhD programs at prestigious universities. For various reasons, Marie left her program and instead chose to work as a stripper. The author, at first troubled and yet fascinated by …
Going Native
This essay explores an experimental method for how an academic interested in popular romance fiction might study this bestselling genre. It sets out a practice for negotiating the "aca-fan" tension in the growing field of popular romance studies, based on methods of the aca-fan-writer, observant participation, and performative ethnography
Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After
Listen to a podcast with the author.
The Higher Branches’
Teaching about good sex
Introduction
Sociology (8 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (3 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Cultural studies (2 works) · Culture populaire (2 works)