The novel contests Islamophobia primarily through form, not content.

Evidence

The Reluctant Fundamentalist’s deterritorialization of the post-9/11 novel is, thus, limited to the level of form—the disconcerting dramatic monologue that challenges prior certainties—rather than of content. We should note, however, that this is less a criticism of Hamid than a result of his and the novel’s position in a market for postcolonial writing that allows for—indeed courts—political criticism of a certain strength. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 470

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s project on Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist — this is the core ‘contesting through form’ concept to apply.
• DEFINE: Defines what ‘deterritorialization’ means here: formal innovation rather than changed content.