Hot Comb
[Montréal, Quebećbec] : Drawn & Quarterly, [2019]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 180 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
"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 siser Lena -- Spaniard -- Sisters & daughters -- Last Angolan Saturday.
Subjects:
Flowers, Ebony -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women, Black -- Social life and customs -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women, Black -- Race identity -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Hairdressing of Black people -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Hairdressing of Black people -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Hair -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Flowers, Ebony -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women, Black -- Social life and customs -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women, Black -- Race identity -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Hairdressing of Black people -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Hairdressing of Black people -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Hair -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
ISBN:
1770463488
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
GN Hot Flowers | Sandhills Indoors | Graphic Novel | Out (Due: 4/22/2024) |
GN Hot Flowers | Southeast | Graphic Novel | Out (Due: 5/8/2024) |