«Eg trudde jo at livet mitt skulle vere ein romantisk komedie, men det er det jo ikkje» : Korleis konstruerer kambodsjansk og norsk ungdom romantisk …

2020

Master's thesis in Sociology and social work (ME522) How do youth in Cambodia and Norway perceive romantic love? This master thesis compares how youth in Cambodia and Norway perceive romantic love, and how the romantic love affects other parts of everyday life. Love is an individual feeling, but is it different across culture and gender? And how much are the youth affected by social media, music, and movies in the way they see romantic love? Is “happily ever after” possible? This thesis is based on romantic love as a social construct. This thesis is based on three months of field work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I used nine interviews, four girls, four boys and one professor from my collected …