Literature embedded in global markets may be unable to contest capitalism’s Islamophobia

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. … 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

• DEFINE: Frames ‘culture industries’ as the structural position within which Islamophobia-contesting novels operate.
• XREF: This is exactly the hinge question to carry into Hamid and Naqvi — both internationally published writers embedded in Western markets.
• SEED: Article angle: how market positioning itself shapes whether a novel contests or reinforces Islamophobia.