Thomas LamarreThomas Mark Lamarre (born 1959) is an American-Canadian academic, author, Japanologist and professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies.[1] EducationLaMarre was awarded a bachelor's degree in Biology in 1981 at Georgetown University. He continued his studies in science and the Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II in France, earning a Master's equivalent degree in Oceanology in 1982, and a doctorate equivalent in Oceanology in 1985.[2] LaMarre then entered a second doctorate program at the University of Chicago, where he earned a master's degree in East Asian Languages and Civilizations in 1987. Chicago granted his second doctorate in 1992.[2] CareerIn addition to teaching, LaMarre is the Major Undergraduate Program Director in the Department of East Asian Studies at McGill.[3] His on-going areas of research encompass "an emphasis on new modes of spectatorship (fan cultures), production (cooperatives and multi-authorship), aesthetics (multiplanar images), narrative (myth and epic) and distribution (globalization)."[2] Selected worksIn a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Thomas LaMarre, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly six works in ten publications in one language and 600+ library holding.[4]
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