3 definitions of "genre" according to Lois McMaster Bujold ht
1. Authors: any group of works in close conversation with one another
2. Readers: community of taste
3. Industry: as a marketing category
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1 is useful to writers. 2 is a burden that can get potentially toxic, 3 is just a bureaucratic annoyance you have to deal with if you want to access traditional channels.
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Do you know Mikhail Bahktin? He did the deepest dive into “genre” in the twentieth century to my knowledge. neamathisi.com/literacies/cha
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