genre-bending

genre-bending

English

Etymology

genre +‎ bending

Noun

genre-bending (uncountable)

1. The subversion of tropes associated with a particular artistic genre or the synthesis of multiple genres.
   • 2005, October 7. "Internet the source for the scores", Chicago Tribune.

     "For "Corpse Bride", the idiosyncratic composer has drawn on his affinity for musical genre-bending."

   • 2015. Kasper Bro Larsen, The Gospel of John as Genre Mosaic, p. 284.

     "After Attridge has convincingly established the fact of "genre bending" in John's text, he sensibly asks the question why it is there."

Adjective

genre-bending (comparative more genre-bending, superlative most genre-bending)

1. Characterized by subversion of generic tropes or fusion of disparate genres.
   • 2016, January 22. Rebecca Strong, "The Challenges of Marketing a Genre-Bending Novel." Publishers Weekly.
   • 2019, April 5. Lisa Respers France, "Billy Ray Cyrus sings about diamond rings and Maseratis in Lil Nas X's genre-bending song", CNN.