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[zhahn-ruh, zhahn-ruh] / ˈʒɑn rə, ˈʒɑ̃ rə /


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Genre geeks love stories that dance in foggy moral swamps, but in choosing a character through which to express our power fantasies, we prefer to be clear about the side we’re taking.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

Country music has never been immune to the nation’s social and political forces, says Amanda Marie Martinez, author of the upcoming “Gone Country: How Nashville Transformed a Music Genre into a Lifestyle Brand.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Sabbagh’s work is included in an exhibition uptown, at Columbia University’s Wallach Art Gallery, titled “Partisans of the Nude: An Arab Art Genre in an Era of Contest, 1920-1960.”

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2023

"Genre is a kind of virtual community - even before the online age, right?"

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2023

Discours en Sorbonne sur les Avantages que l'établissement du Christianism a procurés au Genre Humain, etc.

From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor




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