Irie Jones
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Irie Jones is a central character in Zadie Smith’s novel "White Teeth," a British-Jamaican teenager navigating questions of identity, family, and belonging in multicultural London.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | White Teeth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
contemporary fiction
ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithCommunity | British Jamaican community ⓘ |
| associatedWithFamily |
Bowden family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jones family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Zadie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
belonging
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body image ⓘ class ⓘ family ⓘ identity ⓘ multiculturalism ⓘ race ⓘ self-acceptance ⓘ |
| featuredIn | British multicultural literature ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn | novel White Teeth ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Irie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorEthnicity | Jamaican-British ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasCulturalBackground | British-Jamaican ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity |
British
ⓘ
Jamaican ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFather | Archie Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFriend |
Joshua Chalfen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Magid Iqbal NERFINISHED ⓘ Millat Iqbal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMother | Clara Bowden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Archie Jones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clara Bowden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCentralCharacterOf | White Teeth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| livesIn |
London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
multicultural London ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | coming-of-age focal character ⓘ |
| setInWorkCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInWorkLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
cultural hybridity
ⓘ
family expectations ⓘ mixed-race identity ⓘ |
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