A global market biased toward Western languages shapes which Muslim novels reach readers.

Evidence

Equally, the English-language bias of my selection might seem to highlight the limitations of the paradigm. However, the circulation and hence reach of literary texts about Muslims and Islam are determined by a global market that is properly one of the main subjects of our story. This market has a strong bias toward majority Western languages, indicating the broader power structures that are in play. If the current book cannot in its own terms stand outside those structures, it may at least point to the skewed results they produce. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 61

Categorization

• XREF: Speaks to the market conditions that put Hamid and Naqvi into anglophone publication at all, conditioning what can count as counter-narrative. — connects to: Global market language biases shape which Muslim-authored fiction circulates; A global literary market for Muslim writing constrains how novels contest Islamophobia.; A publishing market selects and rewards fiction that rehearses existing Muslim stereotypes (+5 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Global market language biases shape which Muslim-authored fiction circulates; A global literary market for Muslim writing constrains how novels contest Islamophobia.; A publishing market selects and rewards fiction that rehearses existing Muslim stereotypes (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Global market language biases shape which Muslim-authored fiction circulates #corroborates (0.97)