Wooten, Courtney Adams, authorUtah State University Press, publisher2023-06-142023-06-142023https://hdl.handle.net/10217/236726Childfree 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' examinations of reproductive rhetorics.--Provided by publisher.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.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Childfree choice -- Social aspectsChildlessness -- Social aspectsHappiness -- Social aspectsWomen -- Identity -- Social aspectsFeminism and rhetoricTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.