Julia Carter is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of the West of England, UK. Lorena Arocha is Lecturer in Contemporary Slavery (Criminology), University of Hull, UK.

• 1.- Introduction; Julia Carter and Lorena Arocha.- Part I: The Great Transformation of Love.- 2. Intimate Relationships and Choice in a time of ‘Cold Intimacies’: Examining Illouz; Rachel Thwaites.- 3. Making up and breaking up: The changing commitments of age-dissimilar couples; Lara McKenzie.- 4. The transformation of love? Choice, emotional rationality and wedding gifts; Julia Carter and Daniel Smith.- Part II: Sexual Abundance and Emotional Inequalities.- 5. “I would like to be better at it”: a critical engagement with Illouz’s account of men and intimacy in romantic relationships; Fiona McQueen and Sharani Osborne.- 6. Swipe right? Tinder, commitment and the commercialization of intimate life; Jenny van Hooff.- 7. Dating in the age of Tinder: swiping for love?; Lauren Palmer.- Part III: Women’s Exclusivist Strategies.- 8. Wretched? Women's Questions of Love and Labour in the People’s Republicof China; Alison Lamont.- 9. Chasing happiness: The role of marriage in the aspiration of success among China’s middle class women; Kailing Xie.- 10.- “I entered this life because my husband left me, I have to be careful now”: A study of domesticity, intimacy and belonging in the lives of women in sex work in a red-light area in Eastern India; Mirna Guha.- Part IV: ‘From Romantic Fantasy to Disappointment’.- 11. ‘Utterly heart-breaking and devastating’: Couple relationships and intensive parenting culture in a time of ‘cold intimacies’; Charlotte Faircloth.- 12. “I wanted a happy ever after life”: Love, romance and disappointment in heterosexual single mothers’ intimacy scripts; Charlotte Morris.- 13. The affective politics of progress narratives: women talking about equality in heterosexual relationships; Raisa Jurva.

Julia Carter is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of the West of England, UK. Lorena Arocha is Lecturer in Contemporary Slavery (Criminology), University of Hull, UK.

• 1.- Introduction; Julia Carter and Lorena Arocha.- Part I: The Great Transformation of Love.- 2. Intimate Relationships and Choice in a time of ‘Cold Intimacies’: Examining Illouz; Rachel Thwaites.- 3. Making up and breaking up: The changing commitments of age-dissimilar couples; Lara McKenzie.- 4. The transformation of love? Choice, emotional rationality and wedding gifts; Julia Carter and Daniel Smith.- Part II: Sexual Abundance and Emotional Inequalities.- 5. “I would like to be better at it”: a critical engagement with Illouz’s account of men and intimacy in romantic relationships; Fiona McQueen and Sharani Osborne.- 6. Swipe right? Tinder, commitment and the commercialization of intimate life; Jenny van Hooff.- 7. Dating in the age of Tinder: swiping for love?; Lauren Palmer.- Part III: Women’s Exclusivist Strategies.- 8. Wretched? Women's Questions of Love and Labour in the People’s Republicof China; Alison Lamont.- 9. Chasing happiness: The role of marriage in the aspiration of success among China’s middle class women; Kailing Xie.- 10.- “I entered this life because my husband left me, I have to be careful now”: A study of domesticity, intimacy and belonging in the lives of women in sex work in a red-light area in Eastern India; Mirna Guha.- Part IV: ‘From Romantic Fantasy to Disappointment’.- 11. ‘Utterly heart-breaking and devastating’: Couple relationships and intensive parenting culture in a time of ‘cold intimacies’; Charlotte Faircloth.- 12. “I wanted a happy ever after life”: Love, romance and disappointment in heterosexual single mothers’ intimacy scripts; Charlotte Morris.- 13. The affective politics of progress narratives: women talking about equality in heterosexual relationships; Raisa Jurva.

Julia Carter is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of the West of England, UK. Lorena Arocha is Lecturer in Contemporary Slavery (Criminology), University of Hull, UK.

• 1.- Introduction; Julia Carter and Lorena Arocha.- Part I: The Great Transformation of Love.- 2. Intimate Relationships and Choice in a time of ‘Cold Intimacies’: Examining Illouz; Rachel Thwaites.- 3. Making up and breaking up: The changing commitments of age-dissimilar couples; Lara McKenzie.- 4. The transformation of love? Choice, emotional rationality and wedding gifts; Julia Carter and Daniel Smith.- Part II: Sexual Abundance and Emotional Inequalities.- 5. “I would like to be better at it”: a critical engagement with Illouz’s account of men and intimacy in romantic relationships; Fiona McQueen and Sharani Osborne.- 6. Swipe right? Tinder, commitment and the commercialization of intimate life; Jenny van Hooff.- 7. Dating in the age of Tinder: swiping for love?; Lauren Palmer.- Part III: Women’s Exclusivist Strategies.- 8. Wretched? Women's Questions of Love and Labour in the People’s Republicof China; Alison Lamont.- 9. Chasing happiness: The role of marriage in the aspiration of success among China’s middle class women; Kailing Xie.- 10.- “I entered this life because my husband left me, I have to be careful now”: A study of domesticity, intimacy and belonging in the lives of women in sex work in a red-light area in Eastern India; Mirna Guha.- Part IV: ‘From Romantic Fantasy to Disappointment’.- 11. ‘Utterly heart-breaking and devastating’: Couple relationships and intensive parenting culture in a time of ‘cold intimacies’; Charlotte Faircloth.- 12. “I wanted a happy ever after life”: Love, romance and disappointment in heterosexual single mothers’ intimacy scripts; Charlotte Morris.- 13. The affective politics of progress narratives: women talking about equality in heterosexual relationships; Raisa Jurva.