The underground girls of Kabul : in search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan
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Nordberg, Jenny.
Published
New York : Crown Publishers, [2014].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
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ix, 350 pages ; 25 cm
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Southside - Adult
305.309581 Nor
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Published
New York : Crown Publishers, [2014].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-336) and index.
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.

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Gender identity -- Afghanistan.
Girls -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions.
Male impersonators -- Afghanistan.
Sex role -- Afghanistan.
Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions.