Edition |
First edition |
Descript |
180 pages chiefly illustrations 23 cm |
Note |
"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 |
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 -- Race identity -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Hairdressing of Blacks -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Hairdressing of Blacks -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Hair -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Hairdressing of Blacks.
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Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects.
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Hair -- Social aspects.
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Women, Black -- Social life and customs.
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Serienoveller
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Tecknade serier
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Biografiska skildringar
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Autobiographical comics
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Graphic novels
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Comic books, strips, etc
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Autobiographical comics.
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Comic books, strips, etc.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Autobiographical comics.
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Classmark |
305.48/896
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cci1icc
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He.05
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ISBN/ISSN |
9781770463486 (paperback) |
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1770463488 (paperback) |
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