Kiki Belsey

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Kiki Belsey is a central character in Zadie Smith’s novel "On Beauty," known as the American wife of a liberal English academic whose evolving beliefs and personal struggles reflect the book’s themes of family, identity, and cultural conflict.

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Kiki Belsey canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn On Beauty ⓘ
associatedWith Belsey family ⓘ
characterCreatedBy Zadie Smith ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
experiences evolving beliefs ⓘ
personal struggles ⓘ
fictionalUniverse On Beauty universe ⓘ
linked to: On Beauty
genreOfWorkAppearsIn campus novel ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
hasFamilyName Belsey ⓘ
hasFictionalEthnicity African-American ⓘ
hasGivenName Kiki ⓘ
inspiredBy Mrs. Wilcox from Howards End (loosely, via novel’s intertextuality) ⓘ
languageOfWorkAppearsIn English ⓘ
mediumOfAppearance novel ⓘ
narrativeRole central character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
publicationOfWorkAppearsIn 2005 ⓘ
residesIn fictional town of Wellington, Massachusetts ⓘ
spouse Howard Belsey ⓘ
spouseOccupation liberal English academic ⓘ
themeInvolvement cultural conflict ⓘ
family dynamics ⓘ
identity ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
race and class ⓘ
workPublisherOfWorkAppearsIn Penguin Books ⓘ

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

On Beauty → featuresCharacter → Kiki Belsey ⓘ
Zora Belsey → hasMother → Kiki Belsey ⓘ
Zora Belsey → isDaughterOf → Kiki Belsey ⓘ
Howard Belsey → spouse → Kiki Belsey ⓘ