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

[RN241] McCarthy, L. Parkinson (1991). A psychiatrist using DSM-III: The influence of a charter document in psychiatry. (Bazerman, C., & Paradis J., Ed.).Textual Dynamics of the Professions: Historical and Contemporary Studies of Writing in Professional Communities. 358–378.

[764] Geisler, C., Bazerman C., Doheny-Farina S., Gurak L., Haas C., Johnson-Eilola J., et al. (2001). IText: Future Directions for Research on the Relationship between Information Technology and Writing. Journal of Business and Technical Communication. 15, 269–308.

Glossary Sample

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User Spotlight

Donoxti Baylon

Name: Donoxti Baylon

Institution: ESSEC Business School

Department/Program Affiliation: Accounting and Management Control Department

Education: PhD

Status: Visiting Assistant Professor

Biography: Donoxti Baylon is a Visiting Assistant Professor at ESSEC Business School, at the Accounting and Management Control Department. His research is on the sociology of organizations, especially dynamics of control and occupational resistance through technology. His dissertation was on the role of a practice in structuring an occupational community, and how the introduction of a digital transformation created dynamics of occupational resistance in the production, circulation, and consumption of knowledge in a large and distributed organization. He has studied diplomatic genres.