Andria Christofidou
Biographic Data
| ID | 1260811 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andria Christofidou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andria |
| FAMILY NAME | Christofidou |
| SIGNATURE | CHRISTOFIDOU A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cyprus |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8853-1372 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Critical Reflections on Caring Masculinities
This article draws selectively on three cases of young heterosexual fathers to highlight nuances, complexities, and tensions that could complicate understandings of “caring masculinities” and contribute to the debate concerning caring masculinities, hegemony and domination. It suggests that there is a need to consider forms of domination beyond gender and notes that masculinities are dynamic and may therefore be enacted in different ways as men m…
An inherently reflexive habitus
This article advances literature on reflexive habitus in relation to LGB people by demonstrating empirically that habitus and reflexivity can coexist, albeit in very complex ways. The analysis offered relies on interview data with self-identified lesbian women, gay men and bisexual people in Cyprus - a context that is undergoing social change while however preserving its core heteronormative and conservative values. Drawing on LGB people's experi…
We are our fathers' improved versions
This article explores how fatherhood, masculinity, and the relationship between the two have been changing. It relies on data collected through interviews with 22 heterosexual couples with children under the age of seven, and 19 follow-up one-to-one interviews with the fathers to analyse men as men and as fathers, their practices, contemporary gender relations and social change in Cyprus – a unique context that is caught between tradition and mod…
‘You deny your own self’
Changing men and masculinities
In this short article I provide a response to Steven Roberts, Karla Elliott and Brittany Ralph’s reply to my recently published article, Men and masculinities: a continuing debate on change. I address Roberts, Elliott and Ralph’s critique over the limitations of comparing the frameworks of inclusive and hybrid masculinities, and I respond to their claims over the use of intersectionality to account for the lack of change among less privileged men…
Art heterotopias against hegemonic discourses
We provide an analysis of dance as a practice and an ‘Other’ space; a counter-hegemonic ‘space’, which is affected by the existing social ordering, while simultaneously resisting it. We employ Foucault’s concept of ‘heterotopia’ to analyse dance’s potential to disrupt and deconstruct hegemonic discourses of the past in a conflict-ridden environment such as Cyprus. We analyse three dance works by choreographers who are living and working in Cyprus…
Men and masculinities
One of the debates currently unfolding in the field of critical men and masculinities studies concerns whether and how men and masculinities are changing. Engaging in critical discussions with scholars working with theorizations of inclusive and hybrid masculinities, this article aims to move these discussions, and relevant research, forward. The article canvasses how scholars discuss ‘change’ towards inclusive and hybrid masculinities, the condi…
Men of dance
Studies suggest that feminised and female-concentrated contexts provide men with opportunities to challenge prevailing gender norms and dominant masculinity understandings. This qualitative study offers insights into the backstage spaces of professional dance institutions in Scotland, which are not only feminised and female-concentrated, but also ‘gay-friendly’. This article analyzes how these settings are experienced by male dancers in regard to…
Men and masculinities
One of the debates currently unfolding in the field of critical men and masculinities studies concerns whether and how men and masculinities are changing. Engaging in critical discussions with scholars working with theorizations of inclusive and hybrid masculinities, this article aims to move these discussions, and relevant research, forward. The article canvasses how scholars discuss ‘change’ towards inclusive and hybrid masculinities, the condi…
Men of dance
Studies suggest that feminised and female-concentrated contexts provide men with opportunities to challenge prevailing gender norms and dominant masculinity understandings. This qualitative study offers insights into the backstage spaces of professional dance institutions in Scotland, which are not only feminised and female-concentrated, but also ‘gay-friendly’. This article analyzes how these settings are experienced by male dancers in regard to…
Men of dance
Studies suggest that feminised and female-concentrated contexts provide men with opportunities to challenge prevailing gender norms and dominant masculinity understandings. This qualitative study offers insights into the backstage spaces of professional dance institutions in Scotland, which are not only feminised and female-concentrated, but also ‘gay-friendly’. This article analyzes how these settings are experienced by male dancers in regard to…
Men and masculinities
One of the debates currently unfolding in the field of critical men and masculinities studies concerns whether and how men and masculinities are changing. Engaging in critical discussions with scholars working with theorizations of inclusive and hybrid masculinities, this article aims to move these discussions, and relevant research, forward. The article canvasses how scholars discuss ‘change’ towards inclusive and hybrid masculinities, the condi…
‘You deny your own self’
Changing men and masculinities
In this short article I provide a response to Steven Roberts, Karla Elliott and Brittany Ralph’s reply to my recently published article, Men and masculinities: a continuing debate on change. I address Roberts, Elliott and Ralph’s critique over the limitations of comparing the frameworks of inclusive and hybrid masculinities, and I respond to their claims over the use of intersectionality to account for the lack of change among less privileged men…
Art heterotopias against hegemonic discourses
We provide an analysis of dance as a practice and an ‘Other’ space; a counter-hegemonic ‘space’, which is affected by the existing social ordering, while simultaneously resisting it. We employ Foucault’s concept of ‘heterotopia’ to analyse dance’s potential to disrupt and deconstruct hegemonic discourses of the past in a conflict-ridden environment such as Cyprus. We analyse three dance works by choreographers who are living and working in Cyprus…
An inherently reflexive habitus
This article advances literature on reflexive habitus in relation to LGB people by demonstrating empirically that habitus and reflexivity can coexist, albeit in very complex ways. The analysis offered relies on interview data with self-identified lesbian women, gay men and bisexual people in Cyprus - a context that is undergoing social change while however preserving its core heteronormative and conservative values. Drawing on LGB people's experi…
We are our fathers' improved versions
This article explores how fatherhood, masculinity, and the relationship between the two have been changing. It relies on data collected through interviews with 22 heterosexual couples with children under the age of seven, and 19 follow-up one-to-one interviews with the fathers to analyse men as men and as fathers, their practices, contemporary gender relations and social change in Cyprus – a unique context that is caught between tradition and mod…
Critical Reflections on Caring Masculinities
This article draws selectively on three cases of young heterosexual fathers to highlight nuances, complexities, and tensions that could complicate understandings of “caring masculinities” and contribute to the debate concerning caring masculinities, hegemony and domination. It suggests that there is a need to consider forms of domination beyond gender and notes that masculinities are dynamic and may therefore be enacted in different ways as men m…
Gender Studies (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Hegemony (3 works) · Masculinity (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)