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.

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Irie Jones canonical 6

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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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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