Genre Across Borders (GXB) | an international, interdisciplinary network of researchers, theories, and resources

About GXB

Genre is a idea that crosses disciplinary, national, methodological, conceptual, and pedagogical borders. The purpose of Genre across Borders (GXB) is to advance genre theory and research by helping scholars and students cross these borders. The site combines two primary functions:

As a reference guide to scholarship in the many fields of genre study
As a networking portal for scholars and teachers

GXB aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the multiple strands of genre scholarship and their relationships, in order to catalyze intellectual exchange and pedagogical innovation and to help us understand the processes and motivations of genre development, evolution, and circulation.

GXB now features translations of research introductions on our Research page. Contact us to contribute a translation. You may also select an interface display language on your Profile page.

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Sample Bibliography

[1141] Jaffe, I. (2008). Hollywood Hybrids: Mixing Genres in Contemporary Films.

[788] Herrero, J. (1979). Renaissance Poverty and Lazarillo's Family: The Birth of the Picaresque Genre. PMLA. 94, 876–886.

Glossary Sample

Genre repertoire

"The set of genres that are routinely enacted by the members of a community" (Orlikowski & Yates, 1994, p. 542).

User Spotlight

DDH

Name: Dacia Dressen-Hammouda

Institution: Université Clermont Auvergne

Department/Program Affiliation: Faculty of Languages, Cultures & Communication

Education: PhD in Linguistics, The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 2002

Status: Associate Professor - HDR

Website: https://acte.uca.fr/enseignants-chercheurs/dacia-dressen-hammouda-82321.kjsp?RH=1527196724328

Biography: Since 2003, I have been Associate Professor of ESP and technical communication at Université Clermont Auvergne (France), where I have developed and directed undergraduate and graduate programs in Information Design & Multilingual Technical Documentation. My current research interests include L1 & L2 writing research, indexicality, genre theory, intercultural discourse analysis, and the discoursal construction of expertise in novice and non-native disciplinary writers.