| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (184 pages) : chiefly illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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."-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Hot comb -- Lady on the train -- Big Ma -- Fieldwork follies -- My lil sister Lena -- Spaniard -- Sisters & daughters -- Last Angolan Saturday. |
| Access |
Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Subject |
Flowers, Ebony -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Women, Black -- Social life and customs -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Women, Black -- Social life and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Comics (Graphic works)
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| Subject |
Women, Black. |
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Women, Black -- Race identity -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Hairdressing of Black people -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Hairdressing of Black people. |
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Hairdressing of Black people -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Social aspects. |
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Hair -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Hair -- Social aspects. |
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Hair. |
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Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects. |
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Beauty, Personal. |
| Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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Autobiographical comics.
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Electronic books.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Graphic novels.
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Autobiographical comics.
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| Subject |
Hair. |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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Short stories.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Flowers, Ebony. Hot comb. [Montréal, Québec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2019 9781770463486 1770463488 (OCoLC)1155186952 |
| ISBN |
9781770464193 (electronic book) |
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1770464190 (electronic book) |
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1770463488 |
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9781770463486 |
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