Hot comb
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Publisher:
Drawn & Quarterly
Publication Date:
2019
Edition:
First edition
Language:
English
Description
"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."
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ISBN:
9781770463486
Accelerated Reader:
UG
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Level 3, 1 Points
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|---|---|
| Grouping Title | hot comb |
| Grouping Author | ebony flowers |
| Grouping Category | comic |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2024-09-13 18:38:58PM |
| Last Indexed | 2024-09-19 01:47:58AM |
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Flowers, Ebony
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Flowers, Ebony
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"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."
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GRAPHIC Hot
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Boulder Public Library
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Boulder Main Library
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9781770463486
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2019
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Drawn & Quarterly
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Women, Black -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Hot comb
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Hot comb / Ebony Flowers
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Hot comb
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| ils:.b29078507 | Graphic Novel | Books | First edition | English | Drawn & Quarterly | 2019 | 180 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm |
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