Musings on genre

[BrianC]

Sarah Monette has some things to say on the eternal issue of genre distinctions: you know, what do they mean, what are they good for?http://truepenny.livejournal.com/461181.html (http://truepenny.livejournal.com/461181.html#cutid3)
She's posted a brief monologue, in the end expressing succinctly what I basically feel about the issue. I thought a few of the theorists around here might find it interesting.

[KatG]

She has a nice style. I like her definition/metaphor of genre. She has a limited understanding of what marketing categories are in the piece, but that's okay, as she's not really writing about marketing categories, and very specifically says so. I like her openess to many theories. Some might call it wishy-washy, but I don't think it is.