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The underground girls of Kabul : in search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan / Jenny Nordberg.
"In Afghanistan, a culture ruled almost entirely by men, the birth of a son is a cause for celebration and the arrival of a daughter is often mourned as misfortune. A bacha posh (literally translated from Dari as "dressed up like a boy") is a third kind of child--a girl temporarily raised as a boy and presented as such to the outside world. Jenny Norberg [...] constructs a powerful and moving account of those secretly living on the other side of a deeply segregated society where women have almost no rights and little freedom."-- inside flyleaf.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307952509 (trade paperback)
- ISBN: 9780307952493 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: ix, 350 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, 2014.
- Copyright: ©2014.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part One: Boys -- The Rebel Mother -- The Foreigner -- The Chose One -- The Son Maker -- The Politician -- The Underground Girls -- The Naughty One ; Part Two: Youth -- The Tomboy -- The Candidate -- The Pashtun Tea Party -- The Future Bride -- The Sisterhood ; Part Three: Men -- The Bodyguard -- The Romantic -- The Driver -- The Warrior -- The Refusers -- The Goddess -- Zoroastrianism Across The Globe ; Part Four: Fathers The Defeated -- The Castoff -- The Wife -- The Father ; Epilogue: One of the Boys ; Author's Note ; Notes ; Acknowledgments ; Index. |
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| Subject: | Gender Identity > Afghanistan. Sex role > Afghanistan. Male impersonators > Afghanistan. Women > Afghanistan > Social conditions. Girls > Afghanistan > Social conditions. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Castlegar Public Library | 305.309581 NOR (Text) | 35146100006808 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kitimat Public Library | 305.3 Nor (Text) | 32665001981044 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | 305.3 Nord (Text) | 33294001935006 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Vanderhoof Public Library | 305.309581 NOR (Text) | 35193000294845 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Tatla Lake Branch | 305.309581 NOR (Text) | 33923005527605 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
