LEADER 04802nam 22006735 450 001 9910861098603321 005 20240518125432.0 010 $a3-031-52205-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-52205-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31346066 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31346066 035 $a(CKB)32074459200041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-52205-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9932074459200041 100 $a20240518d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLiving Apart Together Transnationally (LATT) Couples $ePromoting Mental Health and Intimacy /$fby Rashmi Singla 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (246 pages) 311 $a3-031-52204-4 327 $a1. Introduction: Doing intimacy differently ? LATT/ Long distance couple an emerging trend -- 2. Setting the scene for exploring LATT couples -- 3. The dynamic processes - relevant theoretical conceptualizations -- 4. Exploring LATT Couples in Scandinavia and Global context -- 5. Emotional dynamics: How LATT relationships are sustained, among others, through social digital ? technology -- 6. Embodiment: Intersection between the social and material through sexuality, sexting -- 7. ?Gendered? practices: How do LATT couple relate to gendered family expectations, care responsibilities -- 8. The broad Context for LATT Couples: Legal & societal matters -- 9. Spirituality ? Making sense of the unconventional situation through ?a sense of wholeness? -- 10. Applied Perspectives: Mental Health and Wellbeing promotion pathways through ?Good practices? -- 11. Moving beyond: future trends for LATT couples, implications for psychotherapy, counselling, further research suggestions -- 12. Postscript. 330 $aThis book provides deep insight into intimacy and distance in the complex, globalised world through the newly coined concept of couples living apart together transnationally (LATT). Based on a review of the past four decades? seminal studies and narratives from a qualitative empirical study, including both heterosexual and same-sex couples, it shows intimacy can be maintained without geographical proximity. The book has a rich, layered, and nuanced exploration of LATT couples' experiences of relationship maintenance across distance and time through diverse ways, such as digital emotions, online sexual activity, and meaning?making through spirituality, which challenge existing Eurocentric conceptualisations of intimacy and relationships. It also reveals an array of ?good practices? for relationship maintenance across countries, which can inspire other couples and practitioners. Thus, the book is an important resource, not only for academics in the disciplines of psychology, anthropology, cultural studies, family science, sociology, migration, and communication but particularly useful for practitioners dealing with couple relationships, such as counselors, social workers, and mental health advisors. It is also relevant for international organizations and multinational corporations working with couples living apart together transnationally. ?The implications of this book for ?how we live now? are clear ? in a more closely connected and mobile world, the possibility of living our most intimate relationships across distance will affect increasing numbers of us? the book?s informative, theoretical, and practical messages have valuable lessons for many of us now and in the future.? Dr Lucy Williams, University of Kent, the UK. 606 $aSociology 606 $aSocial groups 606 $aSex (Psychology) 606 $aEmigration and immigration 606 $aSex 606 $aPsychology 606 $aSociology of Family, Youth and Aging 606 $aPsychology of Gender and Sexuality 606 $aHuman Migration 606 $aSexuality Studies 606 $aBehavioral Sciences and Psychology 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aSocial groups. 615 0$aSex (Psychology). 615 0$aEmigration and immigration. 615 0$aSex. 615 0$aPsychology. 615 14$aSociology of Family, Youth and Aging. 615 24$aPsychology of Gender and Sexuality. 615 24$aHuman Migration. 615 24$aSexuality Studies. 615 24$aBehavioral Sciences and Psychology. 676 $a305.2 676 $a306.87 700 $aSingla$b Rashmi$01739477 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910861098603321 996 $aLiving Apart Together Transnationally (LATT) Couples$94163477 997 $aUNINA