The Buddha of Suburbia
E605836
The Buddha of Suburbia is a 1993 British television drama miniseries, adapted from Hanif Kureishi’s novel, that explores race, class, and identity in 1970s suburban London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Buddha of Suburbia canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6538463 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Buddha of Suburbia Context triple: [Phoebe Nicholls, notableWork, The Buddha of Suburbia]
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A.
Buddha and the Chocolate Box
"Buddha and the Chocolate Box" is a 1974 studio album by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens that blends folk-rock with spiritual and introspective themes.
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B.
After Laughter
After Laughter is Paramore’s fifth studio album, marking a stylistic shift toward bright, 1980s-influenced pop-rock with introspective, emotionally candid lyrics.
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C.
The City of Good Living
The City of Good Living is a promotional nickname highlighting the comfortable, family-friendly quality of life in San Carlos, California.
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D.
The Land of Green Ginger
The Land of Green Ginger is a whimsical children's fantasy novel best known for its imaginative storytelling and humorous adventures, written by Noel Langley.
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E.
Sunflower Sutra
Sunflower Sutra is a poem by Allen Ginsberg that blends vivid imagery and social critique to lament industrial decay while affirming a resilient, spiritual beauty in America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Buddha of Suburbia Target entity description: The Buddha of Suburbia is a 1993 British television drama miniseries, adapted from Hanif Kureishi’s novel, that explores race, class, and identity in 1970s suburban London.
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A.
Buddha and the Chocolate Box
"Buddha and the Chocolate Box" is a 1974 studio album by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens that blends folk-rock with spiritual and introspective themes.
-
B.
After Laughter
After Laughter is Paramore’s fifth studio album, marking a stylistic shift toward bright, 1980s-influenced pop-rock with introspective, emotionally candid lyrics.
-
C.
The City of Good Living
The City of Good Living is a promotional nickname highlighting the comfortable, family-friendly quality of life in San Carlos, California.
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D.
The Land of Green Ginger
The Land of Green Ginger is a whimsical children's fantasy novel best known for its imaginative storytelling and humorous adventures, written by Noel Langley.
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E.
Sunflower Sutra
Sunflower Sutra is a poem by Allen Ginsberg that blends vivid imagery and social critique to lament industrial decay while affirming a resilient, spiritual beauty in America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television miniseries ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Buddha of Suburbia (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceMaterial | Hanif Kureishi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Buddha of Suburbia (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| composer | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfSetting | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Roger Michell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
family relationships
ⓘ
multiculturalism in Britain ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| features |
interracial relationships
ⓘ
theatre scene in London ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1993 ⓘ |
| format | miniseries ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasRelatedWork | The Buddha of Suburbia (soundtrack) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | The Buddha of Suburbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySourceGenre | novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Karim Amir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | coming-of-age story ⓘ |
| novelPublicationYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| originalChannelType | public service broadcaster ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastIn | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
British Asian experience
ⓘ
counterculture of 1970s London ⓘ suburban London middle class ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| protagonistDescribedAs | British-Asian teenager ⓘ |
| releaseMedium | television ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Hanif Kureishi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | suburban London ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescence
ⓘ
class ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ race ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| titleCharacterRealName | Haroon Amir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Buddha of Suburbia Description of subject: The Buddha of Suburbia is a 1993 British television drama miniseries, adapted from Hanif Kureishi’s novel, that explores race, class, and identity in 1970s suburban London.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.