Hot comb, Ebony Flowers
Type
Classification
2
Creator
1
Subject
10
- Graphic novels
- Black interest
- Beauty, Personal + Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Hair + Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Hairdressing of Blacks + Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- 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
- Flowers, Ebony -- Comic books, strips, etc
Content
2
Author
1
Illustrator
1
Mapped to
1
Label
Hot comb, Ebony Flowers
Language
eng
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Main title
Hot comb
Nature of contents
comics graphic novels
Oclc number
1053581791
Responsibility statement
Ebony Flowers
Summary
"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."--, Provided by publisher
Table of contents
Hot comb -- Lady on the train -- Big Ma -- Fieldwork follies -- My lil siser Lena -- Spaniard -- Sisters & daughters -- Last Angolan Saturday
Target audience
adult
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1