Realist renderings of Muslim experience are fated to be co-opted by the anthropological frame

Evidence

At the present time, it seems as if almost all attempts to render Muslim experience in a realist mode are fated to be co-opted to explain (or refute) the framing fascination with why Muslims are recalcitrant/unmodern/not “like us.” … The point here is not that experimental or modernist writing is somehow preferable to or better than realism, but rather that the anthropological frame is such that it may be necessary to devise an aesthetic that refuses and challenges that frame. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 29

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to whether The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Home Boy’s realist modes end up reinforcing or contesting the anthropological frame — the reader’s central hinge question. — connects to: Media framing constructs the reality audiences accept about Islam. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 497; Non-Western literature gets read as anthropological data for Western readers.; Muslim-authored novels are read as collective representative documents rather than individual explorations — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 510 (+3 more)
• DEFINE: ‘Anthropological frame’ named as the way Muslim experience is read as evidence about Muslim recalcitrance rather than as literature.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 29

Broader Connections

• Muslim-authored novels are read as collective representative documents rather than individual explorations #expands (0.78) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 510