Unless already mentioned, Richard Slotkin's final work in his monumental trilogy, GUNFIGHTER NATION deals with links between the western and detective story. I think he has some pages on RED HARVEST. As for generic blurring, Robin Wood's "Ideology, Genre, Auteur" which first appeared some twenty years ago, already recognized this fact in its argument against rigid definitions of genre and the proposal that they represent different definitions of key problems in American culture. Tony Williams ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]