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Living Apart Together Transnationally (LATT) Couples Promoting Mental Health and Intimacy
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Living Apart Together Transnationally (LATT) Couples [electronic resource] : Promoting Mental Health and Intimacy / by Rashmi Singla.
ISBN
9783031522055
Edition
1st ed. 2024.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XIX, 235 p.) 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.
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Summary
This 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.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 22, 2024
Contents
1. 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.
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