Description:
Marriage and fertility are declining all around the world, threatening to upend our economic and social systems. The authors of this book explain why and how new possibilities of intimacy are transforming the world from China and South Korea to Germany, India, Cuba and Peru.
Review Quotes:
"Drawing on rich ethnographic research from diverse global contexts, Love Apocalypse reveals how transformations in intimacy are driving declines in marriage and fertility while giving rise to new forms of family life. This timely collection offers fresh insights into cultural and socioeconomic forces shaping fertility decline and shifting configurations of intimate relations."
--Lihong Shi "author of Choosing Daughters: Family Change in Rural China"