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2008 · New Orleans

Stability and Instability in Genre Systems: Meta-Genres and ‘Atmospheres of Wording’

Session N.10

Area: Theory · family: Theory and research methods

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair Mya Poe Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA → Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Speakers Rob Oliver Institute of Education, London, England Meta-genres and ‘Legends of the Centre’ in Student Writing
Speakers Mya Poe Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA → Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stereotypes in the Air: Meta-genres and the Racialized Regulation of Test Performance
Speakers Janet Giltrow University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada → University of British Columbia Undeclared Practice: Legal Genres and Their Meta-genres
Respondent Bonnie Waterstone Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada → Simon Fraser University Response: Meta- genre

Source

NCTE's program, near page 267 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Stability and Instability in Genre Systems: Meta-Genres and ‘Atmospheres of Wording’.” 2008 Convention Program, New Orleans, session N.10. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.