{"id":37687,"date":"2025-08-15T09:01:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/?post_type=service&#038;p=37687"},"modified":"2026-08-15T09:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T09:22:48","slug":"social-control-in-romantic-love-arranged-marriages-vs-true-love-in-balkan-cinema-part-1-2-video-eseuri-de-letitia-popa-2023","status":"publish","type":"service","link":"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/en\/archive\/social-control-in-romantic-love-arranged-marriages-vs-true-love-in-balkan-cinema-part-1-2-video-eseuri-de-letitia-popa-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Control in Romantic Love. Arranged Marriages vs True Love in Balkan Cinema. Part 1 &amp; 2 \u2013 video essays by Letitia Popa (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37687\" class=\"elementor elementor-37687\" data-elementor-post-type=\"service\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00873a2 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-b0aceec\" data-id=\"00873a2\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"00873a2\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e14b195 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e14b195\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9faa24a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9faa24a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5390882 elementor-widget__width-initial content-align-left the7-hover-visibility-disabled preserve-img-ratio-cover transform-overlay-yes exceeding-frame-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7-image-widget\" data-id=\"5390882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;hover_visibility&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"the7-image-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-image-container\"><div class=\"the7-image-wrapper the7-elementor-widget the7-transform-container\"><div class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg img-css-resize-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"937\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#039;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#039;%20viewBox%3D&#039;0%200%201920%20937&#039;%2F%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full preload-me aspect lazy lazy-load\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" style=\"--ratio: 1920 \/ 937;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-eseu-letitia-popa2.png\" loading=\"eager\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-eseu-letitia-popa2.png 1920w, https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-eseu-letitia-popa2-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-eseu-letitia-popa2-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-eseu-letitia-popa2-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-eseu-letitia-popa2-1536x750.png 1536w\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b6ffa8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b6ffa8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8ec5ca elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7-heading\" data-id=\"d8ec5ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"the7-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the7-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 1<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f83830 elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f83830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following series of video essays is the result of research into the representation of marriage in Romanian and Balkan cinema, conducted as part of the ECHO III: For Memory\u2019s Sake project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><em>The video essays were created in 2023 by Leti\u021bia Popa, Irina Trocan, and Cristina Iliescu.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7663c48 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7663c48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8caff37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8caff37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ed705 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44ed705\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3b16ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f3b16ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"position:relative; padding-bottom:56.25%; height:0; overflow:hidden;\">\n  <iframe \n    src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1csSY0Ob3GReQooRogD2xQJFB5Nn2Beif\/preview\"\n    style=\"position:absolute; top:0; left:0; width:100%; height:100%; border:0;\"\n    allowfullscreen>\n  <\/iframe>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-093c2d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"093c2d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0558dc e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-f0558dc-0e4aee4\" data-id=\"f0558dc\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"f0558dc\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec40ad9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ec40ad9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1541039 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1541039\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54bbe0b elementor-widget__width-initial content-align-left the7-hover-visibility-disabled preserve-img-ratio-cover transform-overlay-yes exceeding-frame-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7-image-widget\" data-id=\"54bbe0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;hover_visibility&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"the7-image-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-image-container\"><div class=\"the7-image-wrapper the7-elementor-widget the7-transform-container\"><div class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg img-css-resize-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"931\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#039;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#039;%20viewBox%3D&#039;0%200%201920%20931&#039;%2F%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full preload-me aspect lazy lazy-load\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" style=\"--ratio: 1920 \/ 931;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-eseu-letitia-popa.png\" loading=\"eager\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-eseu-letitia-popa.png 1920w, https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-eseu-letitia-popa-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-eseu-letitia-popa-1024x497.png 1024w, https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-eseu-letitia-popa-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-eseu-letitia-popa-1536x745.png 1536w\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f12e9bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f12e9bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f56b99 elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7-heading\" data-id=\"5f56b99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"the7-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"the7-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 2<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beeff29 elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"beeff29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">With this video essay, we propose a comprehensive perspective on the connections between social control and \u201ctrue\u201d love in arranged marriages, by examining women\u2019s social position within the societies they come from and highlighting the visible and invisible political and social constraints at play.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e527cd e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-46b6288\" data-id=\"4e527cd\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"4e527cd\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0ebe73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"b0ebe73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"position:relative; padding-bottom:56.25%; height:0; overflow:hidden;\">\n  <iframe \n    src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1dZotIYBboRoDeLBAmaKUc_N1o6fZWxXq\/preview\"\n    style=\"position:absolute; top:0; left:0; width:100%; height:100%; border:0;\"\n    allowfullscreen>\n  <\/iframe>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cd900d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8cd900d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/header>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The following series of video essays is the result of research into the representation of marriage in Romanian and Balkan cinema, conducted as part of the ECHO III: For Memory\u2019s Sake project. <\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":37694,"template":"","meta":[],"service_categories":[134],"class_list":["post-37687","service","type-service","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","service_categories-video-eseu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service\/37687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/service"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service\/37687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37700,"href":"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service\/37687\/revisions\/37700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platformarhea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_categories?post=37687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}