Genre conventions, hybridity and reader expectations

What this note covers

1. Genre is a reading contract, not a filing label
2. Conformity can create pressure rather than predictability
3. Subversion depends on an established expectation
4. Hybridity makes forms argue with one another
5. Genre positions readers and distributes cultural value
6. Build a comparative genre argument

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