The underground girls of Kabul : in search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan / Jenny Nordberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nordberg, Jenny.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity--Afghanistan.

Gender identity.

Sex role--Afghanistan.

Sex role.

Male impersonators--Afghanistan.

Male impersonators.

Women--Afghanistan--Social conditions.

Women.

Afghanistan.

Social conditions.

Girls--Afghanistan--Social conditions.

Girls.

Girls--Social conditions.

Women--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

ix, 350 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown Publishers, [2014]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Boys. The rebel mother ; The foreigner ; The chosen one ; The son maker ; The politician ; The underground girls ; The naughty one

Youth. The tomboy ; The candidate ; The Pashtun Tea Party ; The future bride ; The sisterhood

Men. The bodyguard ; The romantic ; The driver ; The warrior ; The refusers ; The goddess ; Zoroastrianism across the globe

Fathers. The defeated ; The castoff ; The wife ; The father

One of the boys.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780307952493

0307952495

OCLC:

851420427