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Gary SeamanAssociate Professor of AnthropologyChair Contact Information E-mail: seaman@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-1906 Office: GFS 124 LINKS Faculty Profile on Departmental Website |
Biographical Sketch |
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| Gary Seaman born in Sulfur River Bottom, in rural Red River County Texas, at the time of the critical battle of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. | |
Education |
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 Ph.D. Anthropology, Cornell University, 1/1974
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B.A. Germanic Languages, Economics, Linguistics, Asian Studies Center Certificate, University of Texas, Austin, 6/1965
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Description of Research |
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Research Keywords |
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| Taiwan, China, Ethnographic Film, Ethnography, Hypermedia in Ethnography, Ritual | |
Publications |
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Book |
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Seaman, Gary (Ed.).
(2007).
The Tiv: A Study Guide by Paul Bohannan.
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Seaman, G.
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Chamanisme en Asie centrale et en Amérique. Paris: Editions Du Rocher..
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Seaman, G.
(1995).
The Literati Tradition in Chinese Religion. (Seaman, Gary, Ed.).
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Seaman, G.
(1994).
Chinese Mulian Plays: Resources for Studies of Ritual and Performance.
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Seaman, G.
(1993).
Chinese Religions: An annotated bibliography.
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Book Chapter |
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Seaman, G.
(1996).
The Fengshen Yanyi Enfeoffment of the Gods:Introduction and translation of Chapters 12-14. Honolulu:University of Hawaii Press..
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Other |
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Seaman, G. 1997. Yanomamo Interactive: The Ax Fight. Coauthored by Peter Biella and Napoleon Chagnon. Published by Harcourt, Brace, Ft. Worth. Computer interactive analysis, contextualization and nonlinear presentation of a well-known ethnographic film.
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Seaman, G. 1997. The Chinese Religious Traditions Collated
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Seaman, G. 1996. The Buddhist Tradition in Chinese Religion.
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Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works |
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video, Marriage, Maoism and Modernity: Marriage Exchange in a North China Village , 2008-2011
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Interactive Database, 2006 Foragers (Prototype online research database coauthored with Chris Boehm on Conflict and Alliance in hunter-gatherer societies), 2007-2008
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Video, The Heavenly Court in Song Family Village: Gender, Hierarchy and Religious Power in a North China Village , 2007-2008
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dvd, Song Family Village Takes a Bride: Wedding Customs in a North China Village. , 2007-2010
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video, The Secret of the Stone: Segmentary Lineage Organization in a North China Village , 2006-2007
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cd-rom, Ethnographic Works on the Tiv of Nigeria ,
Fall
2004
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Service to the University |
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Committees |
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Member, Jane Goodall Research Center/Archives, 09/01/1992-
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Co-Chair, Center for Visual Anthropology, 1981-
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