Hot comb
(Graphic Novel)
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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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Flowers, E. (2019). Hot comb. First edition. Canada, Drawn & Quarterly.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Flowers, Ebony. 2019. Hot Comb. Canada, Drawn & Quarterly.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Flowers, Ebony, Hot Comb. Canada, Drawn & Quarterly, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Flowers, Ebony. Hot Comb. First edition. Canada, Drawn & Quarterly, 2019.
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| Last File Modification Time | Sep 13, 2024 06:46:12 PM |
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