The blitzkrieg destabilization of Afghanistan by major world powers and factional groups in contemporary times has triggered major academic works on the country. One witnessed a surge in interest and curiosity about the socio-cultural, religious, political, and economic dynamics of the country. Often regarded as one of the most unsafe country for women in the world, this paper will focus on the concept of a bacha posh in Afghanistan. A bacha posh is a Dari word for a girl disguised as a boy. This paper attempts to examine the power structures that ‘created’ a bacha posh in Afghanistan. The idea of a bacha posh in Afghanistan is a “performativity”, shaped by dialogues that moves beyond the “normative” gender binaries of male and female. A bacha posh move beyond the grand totalizing narratives of gender binaries to create a space that marked by fluidity and freedom. Even though the identity of a bacha posh is a shared deceit, created to serve the needs of an androcentric society, one cannot ignore its subversive nature. A bacha posh subverts the dictums of patriarchy by allowing the girlchild to re-define her subalternity. What happens if the realization of her subalternity results, not in striving for acceptance in the dominant framework of knowledge from which she is excluded, but in the establishment of an alternative centre? Keywordsbacha posh, resistance, subaltern, identity, woman, Afghanistan, empowerment, micronarratives, performativity.

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Bacha Posh：阿富汗性别微观叙事研究

当代世界主要大国和派系对阿富汗的闪电战破坏稳定，引发了对该国的重大学术著作。人们目睹了对该国社会文化、宗教、政治和经济动态的兴趣和好奇心的激增。通常被认为是世界上女性最不安全的国家之一，本文将重点介绍阿富汗 bacha posh 的概念。bacha posh 是达里语中的女孩伪装成男孩的意思。这篇论文试图研究在阿富汗“创造”了 bacha 豪华的权力结构。阿富汗 bacha 豪华的想法是一种“表演性”，由超越男性和女性“规范”性别二元对立的对话塑造。一个 bacha 豪华超越了性别二元的总体叙事，创造了一个以流动性和自由为标志的空间。尽管 bacha posh 的身份是一种共同的欺骗，旨在满足男性中心社会的需求，但人们不能忽视其颠覆性。一个 bacha 豪华通过允许女孩重新定义她的从属地位来颠覆父权制的格言。如果她的次要地位的实现，不是在她被排除在外的占主导地位的知识框架中努力接受，而是建立一个替代中心，会发生什么？关键词bacha 华丽、抵抗、底层、身份、女性、阿富汗、赋权、微观叙事、表演性。人们不能忽视它的颠覆性。一个 bacha 豪华通过允许女孩重新定义她的从属地位来颠覆父权制的格言。如果她的次要地位的实现，不是在她被排除在外的占主导地位的知识框架中努力接受，而是建立一个替代中心，会发生什么？关键词bacha 华丽、抵抗、底层、身份、女性、阿富汗、赋权、微观叙事、表演性。人们不能忽视它的颠覆性。一个 bacha 豪华通过允许女孩重新定义她的从属地位来颠覆父权制的格言。如果她的次要地位的实现，不是在她被排除在外的占主导地位的知识框架中努力接受，而是建立一个替代中心，会发生什么？关键词bacha 华丽、抵抗、底层、身份、女性、阿富汗、赋权、微观叙事、表演性。