The underground girls of Kabul

in search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan

350 pages

English language

Published Jan. 22, 2014

ISBN:
978-0-307-95249-3
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OCLC Number:
851420427

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An award-winning foreign correspondent who contributed to a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times series reveals the secret Afghan custom of disguising girls as boys to improve their prospects, discussing its political and social significance as well as the experiences of its practitioners.

6 editions

Subjects

  • Sex role
  • Male impersonators
  • Social conditions
  • Gender identity
  • Girls
  • Women

Places

  • Afghanistan