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.
year: 2014, 2015
call number/section: 305.3, 1000, 958.1
subjects: gender identity, afghanistan, sex role, male impersonators, women, social conditions, girls, afghanistan
Editions
Nordberg, Jenny
Crown Publishers (2014)
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.
Schools: 12
Nordberg, Jenny
Broadway Books (2015)
Schools: 3