genre

A genre is started souley by a group of individuals with common interest. It is an idea that is shared by people and it becomes known almost universally. Communism, socialism, feminism, gangster, rich, so on and so forth are just examples of different genres created not by scholars or artist, but by people with shared ideas. Scholars categorize genres, artists use genres to pulp up their pieces, but they have no hand in the creation. Genre's function for the people, and in turn make people in a sense. They break people down and give them a place, a thought of security almost, that lets them have the feel that they are not alone and their ideas are held up by others. In the same sense, however, genres also build up people and almost gives them a goal of what they want to be in life. Genre is a description in a sense. It just helps categorize.