Childfree and Happy : Transforming the Rhetoric of Women's Reproductive Choices /

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"Childfree and Happy examines how millennia of reproductive beliefs have positioned women who choose not to have children as deviant. Considering affect and emotion alongside the lived experiences of women who have chosen not to have children, Wooten offers a new lens to feminist scholars'...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wooten, Courtney Adams (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2023]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Happiness > Social aspects.
Feminism and rhetoric.
Childlessness > Social aspects.
Women > Identity > Social aspects.
Childfree choice > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Normalizing childfreedom : affect, reproductive doxa, and childfree rhetorics
  • Hegemonic mothering ideologies and gendered happiness scripts
  • Reproductive commonplaces and rhetorical roadblocks
  • Reproductive arguments and identity work
  • The limits of re-articulating hegemonic reproductive beliefs
  • New articulations of childfree women's identities
  • Conclusion : No regrets? Happiness and reproductive doxa.

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