TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flowers,Ebony
TI  - Hot Comb
SN  - 9781770463486
PY  - 2019///
CY  - [Montrǎl, Qub̌ec]
PB  - Drawn & Quarterly
KW  - Women, Black
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Race identity
KW  - Hairdressing of Blacks
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Comic books,  strips, etc
KW  - Hair
KW  - Beauty, Personal
KW  - Comic books, strips,  etc
KW  - Comics (Graphic works)
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Short stories
N2  - "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."--
ER  -