Clara Bowden
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Clara Bowden is a central character in Zadie Smith’s novel "White Teeth," portrayed as a beautiful, free-spirited Jamaican woman whose complex marriage and personal history explore themes of identity, immigration, and cultural clash in contemporary London.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | White Teeth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Zadie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| experiences |
cultural displacement
ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ religious conflict with her mother ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | White Teeth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | Irie Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalBackground | Jamaican diaspora in Britain ⓘ |
| hasEthnicBackground | Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Clara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Jamaican ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Hortense Bowden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ryan Topps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
beautiful
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free-spirited ⓘ nonconformist ⓘ rebellious ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith |
Archie Jones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hortense Bowden NERFINISHED ⓘ Irie Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryan Topps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousUpbringing | Jehovah’s Witness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResidence | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Archie Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Bowden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasThemeAssociation |
cultural clash
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family relationships ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ interracial marriage ⓘ multiculturalism ⓘ postcolonialism ⓘ second-generation immigrant experience ⓘ |
| isDepictedAs |
caught between cultures
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physically attractive ⓘ searching for personal identity ⓘ |
| isPartOf | White Teeth characters ⓘ |
| isSetInWorkContext | late 20th-century London ⓘ |
| languageContext | English literature ⓘ |
| livesIn | contemporary London ⓘ |
| marriageCharacterization |
complex
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interracial ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
ⓘ
protagonist group member ⓘ |
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