Announcements

The Duke International Travel Policy is now available online.

The Travel Policy is in effect as of January 22, 2008.

https://eruditio.aas.duke.edu/international/

News and Events

View the latest International News and Events on the Duke International homepage

Duke International Faculty Database

Explore the range of faculty engagement with world regions and global issues by browsing the Faculty Database System or by searching for particular keywords (major world area, country, research topic, etc).

While the Duke International website strives to provide a comprehensive listing of Duke faculty with international research interests, you may also find additional information by exploring school-specific faculty listings

Publications of Purnima Shah    :chronological  alphabetical  combined  bibtex listing:

Books

  1. Shah, P, Garba Dance: Survival of Ritual Traditions in a Globalized World (February, 2014)
  2. Shah, P, Bhaktirasa and Physio-spiritual Transcendence in the Devotional Practice of Indian Dance-Theatre (manuscript in progress) (February, 2014)
  3. Shah, Purnima, Garba Dance and Goddess Worship in Gujarat, India (in-progress) (2013)
  4. Shah, Purnima, Documentary film, Dancing with the Goddess: the Ras-Garba Traditions of Gujarat. (2012)  [author's comments]
  5. Shah, P, Bhakti Andolana Prerita Natya ane Nrtya Prakaromam Bhaktirasa ane Madhuryabhava = The Concept of Bhaktirasa and Madhurabhava in the Bhakti Genre of Indian Dance-Theatre. (2010), B. J. Institue of Learning and Research
  6. Shah, Purnima, Editor, South Asia and South-east Asia Volume, Encyclopedia of World Dance, (2009)
  7. Shah, Purnima, Editor, South Asia and South-east Asia Volume,, Encyclopedia of World Dance (2006-09)  [author's comments]
  8. Routledge Encyclopedia of World Dance: South Asia and South-east Asia, edited by Shah, P (2006), pp. 624 pages, Routledge, ISBN 9780415975650

Papers Published

  1. Shah, P, Performance of Thumrī in Kathak Dance, Asian Theatre Journal, vol. 40 no. 2 (January, 2023), pp. 326-361, Project Muse [doi]  [abs]
  2. Shah, P, State Patronage to the Dance Arts in Independent India, Marg: Special Issue, Readings on Dance from 75 Years of Marg, vol. 74 no. 1 (2022), pp. 30-35
  3. Shah, P, State Patronage to the Dance Arts in Independent India, Marg, The Pathmaking Arts Quarterly, vol. 72 no. 1 (October, 2020), pp. 101-107
  4. Shah, P, Book Review of Impersonations: The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian dance by Harshita Mruthiniti Kamath (2019), Ecumenica Journal of Theatre and Performance, vol. 3 no. 1 (2020), pp. 101-105
  5. Shah, P, Contesting Pasts, Performing Futures, edited by Chowdhry, S, Southern Asian Institute Newsletter, Columbia University, vol. 28 (February, 2014), pp. 2-23., Columbia University
  6. Shah, P, Book Review of Contemporary Indian Dance: New Creative Choreography in India and the Diaspora (2012), Theatre Journal, vol. 65 no. 3 (2013), pp. 444-445
  7. Shah, P, Performing Migration: the Journeys of Indian Dance in America, Attendance: the Dance Annual of India, vol. 15 (2013), pp. 54-61
  8. Shah, P, “Dance: 1200-1900 CE” Cultural Sociology of West, Central and South Asia., in Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia and Africa Encyclopedia. Sage Reference, vol. IV, part II (2012)
  9. Shah, P, Physio-Spiritual Transcendence through the Practice of Devotional Dance-Theatre in India, Repertorio: Teatro & Danca, University of Bahia, vol. 15 no. 18 (2012), pp. 43-48  [abs]
  10. Shah, P, Innovative Approaches in Contemporary Kathak Dance: a Choreographic Appreciation, Nartanam, a Quarterly Journal of Indian Dance, vol. XI no. 3 (September, 2011), pp. 66-77
  11. Shah, P, Randala Ritual: Women’s Heritage and Identity in Gujarat, India, in Ritual, Heritage and Identity: The Politics of Culture and Performance in a Globalized World, edited by Brosius, C; Polit, K (2011), New Delhi: Routledge
  12. Shah, P, Some Issues on Gender Politics in the Bhakti Genre of Dance-Theatre Performance, Samipya Journal of Indology, vol. XXV no. 3-4 (October, 2009), pp. 1-33
  13. Shah, P, Negotiating Gender in Contemporary Kathak Dance Choreography, Samipya Journal of Indology, vol. XXV no. 1-2 (April, 2008), pp. 1-15
  14. Shah, P, Barbara Stoler Miller Conference, Columbia University: A Critical Appraisal of Contemporary Indian Dance Scholarship, Dance Research Journal, Special Issue on South Asian dance, vol. 36 no. 2 (Winter, 2004), pp. 119-134
  15. Purnima Shah, Contesting Pasts, Performing Futures, edited by Sajjad Chowdhry, Southern Asian Institute Newsletter, Columbia University, vol. 28 no. 1 (Fall, 2004), pp. 2,8-9,17, 23., Columbia University
  16. Shah, P, 2004 Barbara Stoler Miller Conference, Dance Research Journal, vol. 36 no. 2 (January, 2004), pp. 119-134, JSTOR [doi]
  17. Shah, P, Performance of Thumri in Kathak Dance, Asian Theatre Journal, vol. 40 no. 2 (2003), pp. 326--361
  18. Shah, P, Where they danced: Patrons, institutions, spaces: State patronage in India: Appropriation of the "regional" and "national", Dance Chronicle, vol. 25 no. 1 (December, 2002), pp. 125-141, Informa UK Limited [doi]
  19. Shah, P, State Sponsorship of the Arts in India: the Appropriation of the National and Regional, Dance Chronicle, vol. 25 no. 1 (2002), pp. 125-142
  20. Shah, P, Transcending Gender in the Performance of Kathak, Dance Research Journal, vol. 30 no. 2 (Fall, 1998), pp. 2-17, JSTOR [doi]
  21. Shah, P, Farmayishi Poetics of Kathak: Significance of Reception, UCLA Journal of Dance Ethnology, vol. 18 (1994), pp. 1-7