Novels contesting Islamophobia are enmeshed in the very market that trades on it

Evidence

Yet at a deeper level the text is somewhat conflicted about its own status as a commodity in this global market and indirectly about the status of its author, too. The novel reflects on its own inevitable position as part of a world literary system that arguably trades in and profits from the stereotyping of Muslims. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 451

Categorization

• DEFINE: This delineates the reflexive ‘commodity’ problematic: a novel cannot critique anti-Muslim stereotype markets while itself being a salable object in them.
• ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to using The Reluctant Fundamentalist as evidence: the novel’s own market position is part of its argument, complicating clean citation of Hamid.
• XREF: Connects to the reading purpose of distinguishing novels that contest vs. quietly reinforce Islamophobia. — connects to: The threat of a fatwa against a critic was marketed to boost book sales; A global market biased toward Western languages shapes which Muslim novels reach readers. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 61; Muslim writers must negotiate a literary market for the Muslim — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 440