Episode 24: Genre in General

At best, “genre fiction” often seems to be taken as synonymous with “popular” or “exciting”. At worse, it is often used a pejorative meaning “low brow” or “garbage”. But what is genre anyway? And why is the word used that way? Wayne and Mav are joined by a returning Hannah to sift through a discussion on the topic of genre, how it works in literature, why it is necessary, why it is bashed and how it works in context of discussing everything from film to music to television shows comics to victorian novels… because that’s just the way this show works. Citations and Links: * This episode’s Call for Comments * “The Origin of Genres” by Tzvetan Todorov * Zone One and The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead * The New American Splendor by Harvey Pekar * Outlander: A Novel by Diana Gabaldon * Riverdale Season 1 * Pamela: Or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson * Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie * Twelve Cent Archie by Bart Beaty * The Girl from HOPPERS (Love & Rockets vol. 2) by Jaime Hernandez * Archie vs Predator by Alex De Campi * Thank you to Maximilian’s thoughtForm Music for our theme * Follow Hannah on Twitter: @hannahleerogers * Follow Hannah’s colleague Zoë Eckman on Twitter: @hedgerows * Follow Mav on Twitter: @chrismaverick * Follow Mav’s Personal Blog: http://chrismaverick.com * Follow Wayne’s Personal Blog: http://wayne-wise.com * Follow us on Twitter: @voxpopcast * Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/voxpopcast * Make sure you subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher or wherever podcasts are found and please leave us a review