Hot comb
"Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into black women's lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular story 'Hot Comb' is about a young girl's first perm--a doomed ploy to look cool...
| Main Author: | Flowers, Ebony (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[MontreĢal] :
Drawn & Quarterly,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into black women's lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular story 'Hot Comb' is about a young girl's first perm--a doomed ploy to look cool and to stop seeming 'too white' in the all-black neighborhood her family has just moved to. In 'Virgin Hair', taunts of 'tender-headed' sting as much as the perm itself. It's a scenario that repeats fifteen years later as an adult when, tired of the maintenance, Flowers shaves her head only to be hurled new put-downs. Realizations about race, class, and the imperfections of identity swirl through Flowers' stories and ads, which are by turns sweet, insightful, and heartbreaking."-- |
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| Item Description: |
Place of publication from publisher's website. |
| Physical Description: |
180 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781770463486 1770463488 |
| Author Notes: |
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