Hot Comb
Flowers, Ebony
Hot Comb Ebony Flowers. - - 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
"Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into Black womens 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 girls 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. Its 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."--
9781770463486 1770463488
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)
Short stories
Hot Comb Ebony Flowers. - - 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
"Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into Black womens 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 girls 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. Its 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."--
9781770463486 1770463488
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)
Short stories