Hot comb
Record details
- ISBN: 1770463488
- ISBN: 9781770463486
- ISBN: 1770463488 : PAP
- ISBN: 9781770463486 : PAP
- ISBN: 1770463488
- ISBN: 9781770463486
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Physical Description:
180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: [Montréal, Québec] : Drawn & Quarterly, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Hot comb -- Lady on the train -- Big Ma -- Fieldwork follies -- My lil siser Lena -- Spaniard -- Sisters & daughters -- Last Angolan Saturday. |
Summary, etc.: | "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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Genre: | Comics (Graphic works) Graphic novels. Autobiographical comics. Graphic novels. Graphic novels. Comic books, strips, etc. |
Available copies
- 18 of 18 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rockville Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rockville Public Library | GN FLO (Text) | 34035144456270 | Teen Graphic Novel | Available | - |