Books

1. Shah, Purnima. Garba Dance and Goddess Worship in Gujarat, India (in-progress). 2007.
2. Shah, Purnima. Editor, South Asia and South-east Asia Volume, Encyclopedia of World Dance. September, 2005-08.

Papers Published

1. Purnima Shah. "2004 Barbara Stoler Miller Conference, Columbia University: A Report and Critical Appraisal of Contemporary Indian Dance Scholarship." Dance Research Journal, Special Issue on South Asian dance  (Spring, Spring, 2005).
2. Purnima Shah. "Contesting Pasts, Performing Futures." Southern Asian Institute Newsletter, Columbia University 28:1 (Fall, Fall, 2004): 2,8-9,17, 23..
3. Shah, Purnima. "State Sponsorship of the Arts in India: the Appropriation of the National and Regional." Dance Chronicle 25:1 (2002): 125-142.
4. Shah, Purnima. "“Transcending Gender in the Performance of Kathak.”." Dance Research Journal 30:2 (Fall, 1998): 2-17.

Papers Submitted

1. Purnima Shah. "Some issues on the Gender Politics in the Bhakti Genre of Dance-theatre Performance." The Drama Review  (2007).  [abs]