Anti-Islamophobic fiction is embedded in the very capitalist culture industry it contests

Evidence

Against this backdrop, we have seen how writers incorporate an awareness of Islamophobia into their texts in various ways: some directly and thematically, others through the deployment of form and genre. In each case, their status as successfully published and marketed international writers positions them and their works within what has come to be known as the culture industries, a global, multi-million-dollar enterprise with numerous genres and markets, suppliers and consumers. In the market for literature, English-language texts have a distinct advantage over texts in other—especially non-Western—languages. … The question then becomes whether literature can effectively contest capitalist social relations, which in their globalized form have often driven Islamophobia, from a position so firmly embedded within them. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 442

Categorization

• XREF: Core tension for reading Hamid and Naqvi: both are internationally published, marketed writers — does their market position undercut their contestation? Also echoes the Reader’s framing question about contesting vs. reinforcing.
• DEFINE: Defines ‘culture industries’ as the global publishing apparatus that positions English-language anti-Islamophobic fiction within capitalism.
• QUESTION: Long worry worth chasing: is the contesting-vs-reinforcing distinction determined in part by market genre position, not just content?