Eva Illouz writes sociology and cultural criticism about love, capitalism, therapy culture and the way modern institutions shape private feeling. Consuming the Romantic Utopia examines how advertising, leisure industries and consumer culture helped organise modern ideas of romance. Cold Intimacies links emotional life with capitalism and therapeutic language, while Why Love Hurts looks at dating, autonomy and inequality to explain why romantic disappointment can have social as well as personal causes. The End of Love turns to non-commitment, choice and the ease with which relationships can be exited. Illouz combines sociology, cultural history and examples from popular culture rather than offering relationship advice. Her work fits sociology of emotion, gender studies and cultural criticism, especially for readers interested in how markets and institutions enter supposedly private relationships. Read more Less
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