WhatisthestateofintimateromanticrelationshipsandmarriageinurbanChina,HongKong,andTaiwan?Sincethe1980s,manyconventionalexpectationshavebeenabandonedfollowingthepassageofnofaultdivorcelaws,fallingratesofchildbearingwithinmarriage,andincreasedtolerancefornon-maritalandnon-heterosexualintimaterelationships.Tracinghowthemarital“rulesofthegame”havechangedacrosstheregionwiththeunevenretreatofstatesupervisionandcontrol,Wives,Husbands,andLoverschallengesthelong-standingassumptionsthatmarriageistheuniversallypreferredstatusforallmenandwomeninChinesesocieties,thatextramaritalsexualityisincompatiblewithmarriage,orthatmarriagenecessarilyunitesamanandawoman.Readindialogue,thechapterscompellinglyillustrateanewrangeofpotentialfuturesformarriage,sexuality,andfamily.
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