Seaman, Gary

Contact Information
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
Phone: 213-740-1906
Email: seaman@usc.edu
 
Education:

• Ph.D., Cornell University, 1974

• B.A., University of Texas, Austin

Background
Professor Seaman researches ethnographic film, sociology, hypermedia in ethnography, and ritual. Best known for his research of Chinese ritual, Professor Seaman is currently working on several interactive CD-ROMs which he hopes will illuminate his own efforts in visual anthropology.

Description of Research
Research Keywords
Taiwan, China, Ethnographic Film, Ethnography, Hypermedia in Ethnography, Ritual

Selected Publications:
Book

• Seaman, Gary (Ed.). (2007). The Tiv: A Study Guide by Paul Bohannan.

• Seaman, G. (2007). Chamanisme en Asie centrale et en Amérique. Paris: Editions Du Rocher..

• Seaman, G. (1995). The Literati Tradition in Chinese Religion. (Seaman, Gary, Ed.).

• Seaman, G. (1994). Chinese Mulian Plays: Resources for Studies of Ritual and Performance.

• Seaman, G. (1993). Chinese Religions: An annotated bibliography.

Book Chapter

• Seaman, G. (1996). The Fengshen Yanyi Enfeoffment of the Gods:Introduction and translation of Chapters 12-14. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Other

• 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.

• Seaman, G. 1997. The Chinese Religious Traditions Collated .

• Seaman, G. 1996. The Buddhist Tradition in Chinese Religion.

Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works

• Video, Marriage, Maoism and Modernity: Marriage Exchange in a North China Village , 2008-2011  

• Video, The Heavenly Court in Song Family Village: Gender, Hierarchy and Religious Power in a North China Village , 2007-2008   

• DVD, Song Family Village Takes a Bride: Wedding Customs in a North China Village. , 2007-2010  

• Video, The Secret of the Stone: Segmentary Lineage Organization in a North China Village , 2006-2007   

• CD-ROM, Ethnographic Works on the Tiv of Nigeria , Fall 2004

Service to the University
Administrative Appointments

• Chair, 08/16/2012-08/15/2015

Committees

• Member, Jane Goodall Research Center/Archives, 09/01/1992-

• Co-Chair, Center for Visual Anthropology, 1981-