genre-bending

English

Etymology

From genre +‎ bending, on the pattern of genderbending.

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, page 284:

     Here [...] the practice of genre bending is tied specifically to the strategy of the Fourth Gospel in contradistinction to the practice in other comparable texts.

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:

Related terms

• genre-bender