Gender identity Afghanistan. Sex role Afghanistan. Male impersonators Afghanistan. Women Social conditions. Afghanistan Girls Social conditions. Afghanistan Girls Social conditions.
HQ1075.5. / A3. / N67 2014
Library of Congress Classification / Monograph
3ACKU000375047
Abstract: 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.