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

[RN183] Ditlevsen, M. Grove (2012). Telling the Story of Daniscoís Annual Reports (1935 Through 2007-2008) From a Communicative Perspective. Journal of Business and Technical Communication. 26, 92-115.

[1154] Russell, D., Lea M., Parker J., Street B., & Donahue T. (2011). Exploring Notions of Genre in ‘Academic Literacies’ and ‘Writing Across the Curriculum’: Approaches Across Countries and Contexts. Writing Across the Curriculum: A Critical Sourcebook. 448-472.

Glossary Sample

Collaborative genre

Genres requiring communicative interaction between users, often with some kind of multimedia communication technology (Yates, Orlikowski, & Rennecker, 1997).