The underground girls of Kabul
Subtitle: in search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan
By: Jenny Nordberg
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780307952493
Subjects: Sex role; Male impersonators; Social conditions; Gender identity; Girls; Women
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-336) and index.