04680nam a22005295i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001600172072001700188072002300205072001600228100008400244245014100328250001800469264007500487300006300562336002600625337002600651338003600677347002400713505102200737520177601759650002203535650002603557650002903583650003903612650001603651650002303667650004903690650004703739650002803786650003003814650004703844710003403891773002603925776003603951776003603987776003604023856004604059912001404105912001404119999001704133978-3-031-52205-5DE-He21320251030112047.0cr nn 008mamaa240518s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315220559978-3-031-52205-57 a10.1007/978-3-031-52205-52doi 4aHM716-753.2 7aJHBK2bicssc 7aSOC0260102bisacsh 7aJHBK2thema1 aSingla, Rashmi.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut97698210aLiving Apart Together Transnationally (LATT) Couplesh[electronic resource] :bPromoting Mental Health and Intimacy /cby Rashmi Singla.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer International Publishing :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXIX, 235 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 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.  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. 0aSociology.957193 0aSocial groups.957665 0aSex (Psychology).972984 0aEmigration and immigration.958113 0aSex.966477 0aPsychology.96375814aSociology of Family, Youth and Aging.97085424aPsychology of Gender and Sexuality.97298624aHuman Migration.96732324aSexuality Studies.96846024aBehavioral Sciences and Psychology.9680752 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303152204808iPrinted edition:z978303152206208iPrinted edition:z978303152207940uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52205-5  aZDB-2-SLS  aZDB-2-SXS  c59937d59937