{"product_id":"the-microgenre-anne-h-stevens-9781501345814","title":"The Microgenre: A Quick Look at Small Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eEverybody knows, and maybe even loves, a microgenre. Plague romances and mommy memoirs. Nudie-cutie movies, Nazi zombies, and dinosaur erotica. Baby burlesks, Minecraft fiction, grindcore, premature ejaculation poetry...microgenres come in all varieties and turn up in every form of media under the sun, tailor-made for enthusiasts of all walks of life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComing into use in the last decade or so, the term \"microgenre\" classifies increasingly niche-marketed worlds in popular music, fiction, television, and the Internet. Netflix has recently highlighted our fascination with the ultra-niche genre with hilariously specific classifications -- \"independent supernatural dramedy featuring a strong female lead\" - that can sometimes hit a little too close to home. Each contribution in this collection introduces readers to a different microgenre, drawn from a range of historical periods and from a variety of media. \u003ci\u003eThe Microgenre\u003c\/i\u003e presents a previously untreated point of cultural curiosity, revealing the profound truth that humanity's desire to classify is often only matched by the unsustainability of the obscure and hyper-specific. It also affirms, in colorful detail, what most people suspect but have trouble fathoming in an increasingly homogenized and commercial West: that imaginative projects are just that, imaginative, diverse, and sometimes completely and hilariously inexplicable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne H. Stevens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501345818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501345814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021","brand":"Anne H. Stevens","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453727289599,"sku":"9781501345814","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b94ea57-6fff-4d5c-833c-dff80a476c18.jpg?v=1777301937","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-microgenre-anne-h-stevens-9781501345814","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}