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Author:

Flowers, Ebony, illustrator. illustrator.

Title:

Hot comb / Ebony Flowers.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Drawn & Quarterly,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

180 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Graphic novel.
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 Blacks--Comic books, strips, etc.
Hairdressing of Blacks--Social aspects--Comic books, strips, etc.
Hair--Social aspects--Comic books, strips, etc.
Beauty, Personal--Social aspects--Comic books, strips, etc.
Comics (Graphic works)
Graphic novels.

Contents:

Hot comb -- Lady on the train -- Big Ma -- Fieldwork follies -- My lil siser 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.

ISBN:

9781770463486
1770463488

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1053581791

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

YAPC771 -- Bondurant Community Library (Bondurant)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

3HSX245 -- Denison High School (Denison)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

TAPB572 -- Fairfax Public Library (Fairfax)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

PZPA094 -- Plainfield Public Library (Plainfield)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

CZPD706 -- West Liberty Public Library (West Liberty)