| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
180 pages : chiefly black and white illustrations ; 23 cm |
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| Note |
Place of publication from publisher's website. |
| Contents |
Hot comb -- Lady on the train -- Big Ma -- Fieldwork follies -- My lil sister Lena -- Spaniard -- Sisters & daughters -- Last Angolan Saturday. |
| 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. |
| 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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African Americans -- Fiction.
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Beauty, Personal -- Fiction.
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Salons -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Cartoons and comics.
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Graphic novels.
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Autobiographical comics.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Graphic novels.
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| Subject |
ocls african american adult fic
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| ISBN |
9781770463486 (paperback) : $21.95 |
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1770463488 (paperback) |
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