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Barack Obama

This President of the United States was the first African-American to hold the office. His administration occasioned much comment about religious and racial identity.

Chennai

This Indian city is the home of the narrator’s family. Little depicted in the novel, it is presented as something of an idyll, although one that has much in it to drive away those born there.

Clause 28

This legal dictate in Britain aimed to prohibit the appearance of promotion of homosexuality, occasioning protest.

Hijab

This piece of clothing serves as a marker of femininity and participation in Islamic communities.

Irvine

This fictional Texas city is the residence of the narrator’s aunt, uncle, and cousins. It is used as an encapsulation of the state as a whole.

John Keats

Favored poet of one of the principal characters in the novel, this writer was a noted Romantic figure who died early...

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