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The underground girls of Kabul in search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan

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.

Main Author: Nordberg, Jenny.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, [2014]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Gender identity > Afghanistan.
Sex role > Afghanistan.
Male impersonators > Afghanistan.
Women > Afghanistan > Social conditions.
Girls > Afghanistan > Social conditions.
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.
Physical Description: ix, 350 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-336) and index.
ISBN: 9780307952493 (hardcover)
0307952495 (hardcover)
Author Notes: JENNY NORDBERG is an award-winning journalist based in New York. A correspondent and columnist for Swedish national newspaper Svenska Dagbladet , she has a long record of investigative reports for, among others, The New York Times , where she also contributed to a series that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. In 2010, she was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism for a television documentary on Afghan women. She is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

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