Hot comb
(Comic)

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Montréal, Québec : Drawn & Quarterly, 2019.
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Hadley Park - Adult Comic/Graphic
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Published
Montréal, Québec : Drawn & Quarterly, 2019.
Format
Comic
Physical Desc
180 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Reading Level
UG
Level 3, 1 Points

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Description
"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.
Target Audience
Ages 14 & up.
Target Audience
Grades 9 & up.
Awards
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Flowers, E. (2019). Hot comb . Drawn & Quarterly.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Flowers, Ebony. 2019. Hot Comb. Drawn & Quarterly.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Flowers, Ebony. Hot Comb Drawn & Quarterly, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Flowers, Ebony. Hot Comb Drawn & Quarterly, 2019.

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