Sonia D. Andras
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Research Fellow at @Unipisa. Author of The Women of 'Little Paris' (@BloomsburyBooks)—use code "GLR AT8" for 35% off! 🏅 MSCA SoE | PhD @lcflondon.
Romania atm
Joined April 2021
It was so great to have my first in-person event dedicated to my first monograph, "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024), with such a brilliant panel, part of a fantastic conference!
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😄 Zdob și Zdub, 30 de ani de carieră. Trei decenii de muzică, emoție și en... https://t.co/I5eTM0gB36 via @YouTube
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If you are attending the Convention at the Washington Hilton, do stop by the Bloomsbury stand. Maybe if you want to snap a quick photo, I would be so grateful and thrilled to see my book in the wild, even at an ocean’s distance. #aseees25 #aseees #aseees2025 #bloomsbury #romania
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with the theme “Memory”, in Washington, DC, between 20 and 23 November 2025. The Bloomsbury US stand representative took the photos and kindly sent them to me! I participated in the virtual portion of the Convention a month ago, and although I am not there, my book is! #fashion
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I am so happy that Bloomsbury Academic has included my first monograph “The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2024, Dress Cultures series) again on a conference display, this time at the @aseeestudies 2025 57th Annual Convention
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Yes!!! It Happened! A New STARGATE Series After 15 Years! With Co-Creator Brad ... https://t.co/uLy85WZC1D via @YouTube
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You can also explore the full issue here: https://t.co/NX5R4Wl5Jq . This still feels so great and surreal! I am so grateful for the acknowledgement!
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You can read the review here (PDF): https://t.co/r8WAs7B3ef .
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I am delighted to share a very recent review of my monograph “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, Dress Cultures Series) by Dr Georgiana Taranu in the latest issue of the “Historical Yearbook”.
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... social engineering and eugenics (Turda 2013), and the specific story of Beiersdorf (Reckendrees 2018). It highlighted the ethnic and racial dimensions of fashion and beauty to deepen understanding of Romanian gendered realities.
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... gender, fashion and violence (Moyse Ferreira 2022), fashion, consumption and modernity (Weinbaum et al. 2008), gender and national identity (Carver and Mottier 1998), gender in Central and Eastern Europe (Livezeanu and Farris 2007), jazz culture and race (Wipplinger 2017),...
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It employed semiotics of visual and written published texts and personal archaeology. This paper built upon the existing literature on fashion and politics (Bartlett 2019), gender and war (Bucur and Winfield 2006), fashion, austerity and war (Taylor and McLoughlin 2020), ...
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... in its name, and Snow White, the first Disney princess, linked to Nivea’s promise of glowing white skin. The methodology was based on fashion studies with outreach to cultural studies (gender, media) and history (culture, art).
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... a decade defined by autocracies, extreme-right-wing violence, racism, militarism, and rejection of democracy. It contrasted two symbols of femininity known to interwar Romanian women: Chat Noir, a popular perfume that embodied Parisian elegance and subtly referenced colour...
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My paper, “From Chat Noir to Snow White: Ethnicity, Race and Women in Romanian Fashion and Beauty Discourse, 1933–1944”. It explored the dynamics of fashion and beauty discourse for and about Romanian women between 1933 and 1944, ...
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I presented alongside Alex Chiriac and Ștefania Cotei. If you are registered for the online Convention, you can still find our panel, “Reclaiming Race Narratives in Romania: Archives, Memory and Reckoning,” and listen to or watch it, along with all the other virtual panels!
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Last week, I had the great pleasure and privilege of being part of a fantastic panel chaired by @GHarward , with @ManuelaBoatca as our discussant, at the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) 2025 Virtual Convention.
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Some musical talk to start the day. 🧐 Justin Hawkins Isn't Afraid To Talk Sh*t https://t.co/G9rvnYz2Fp via @YouTube
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Only TWO DAYS left until our amazing event at @ihr_history that has seen OVER 80... that's right... 80 people sign up so far! If you want to be a part of this event on Monday, sign up via the link below by TOMORROW 6pm. https://t.co/wUscpK5qFy
history.ac.uk
The Sport and Leisure History Seminar is organised by the British Society of Sports Historians.
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You can find my book on Goodreads. Check each edition and find links to purchase it from Amazon and other sources. Just click this link:
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Filling a gap in Eastern European fashion studies, this…
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