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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Irie Jones canonical 6

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
appearsIn White Teeth ⓘ
appearsInGenre contemporary fiction ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
associatedWithCommunity British Jamaican community ⓘ
associatedWithFamily Bowden family ⓘ
Jones family ⓘ
createdBy Zadie Smith ⓘ
exploresTheme belonging ⓘ
body image ⓘ
class ⓘ
family ⓘ
identity ⓘ
multiculturalism ⓘ
race ⓘ
self-acceptance ⓘ
featuredIn British multicultural literature ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 2000 ⓘ
firstAppearedIn novel White Teeth ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Irie ⓘ
hasAuthorEthnicity Jamaican-British ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality British ⓘ
hasCulturalBackground British-Jamaican ⓘ
hasEthnicity British ⓘ
Jamaican ⓘ
hasFamilyName Jones ⓘ
hasFather Archie Jones ⓘ
hasFriend Joshua Chalfen ⓘ
Magid Iqbal ⓘ
Millat Iqbal ⓘ
hasMother Clara Bowden ⓘ
hasNationality British ⓘ
hasParent Archie Jones ⓘ
Clara Bowden ⓘ
isCentralCharacterOf White Teeth ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
livesIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

multicultural London ⓘ
narrativeRole coming-of-age focal character ⓘ
setInWorkCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
setInWorkLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
strugglesWith cultural hybridity ⓘ
family expectations ⓘ
mixed-race identity ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

White Teeth → character → Irie Jones ⓘ
Archie Jones → hasChild → Irie Jones ⓘ
Marcus Chalfen → influences → Irie Jones ⓘ
Clara Bowden → hasChild → Irie Jones ⓘ
Clara Bowden → hasRelationshipWith → Irie Jones ⓘ
Joyce Chalfen → mentors → Irie Jones ⓘ