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The Unjust Twisting: Bacha Posh custom of the Invisible Girl Children in Afghanistan from Nadia Hashimi's work

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R. Keerthana,Dr. S Jayanthi
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.10.066

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This paper examines the factors associated with Children’s Literature through the cultural phenomenon of bacha posh in Afghanistan (in which young girls are dressed and raised as boys) which occurs against a background of rigid gender norms and the patriarchal nature of Afghan families. Afghanistan is often regarded as one of the most unsafe countries for young girls in the world; this paper will focus on the concept of young children’s sufferings and oppressions by the culture of bacha posh. It is a practice, in which some families without sons will pick a daughter to live and behave like a boy temporarily. This culture was practiced till today in Afghanisthan.

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