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 Assoicate Professor of the Practice of and DanceEducation:
- Ph.D. Performance Studies and Ethnography University of Wisconsin, Madison 2000
- MA in Dance Ethnology University of California, Los Angeles 1992
- Specialties:
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Performance Studies
Technique
Representative Publications (More Publications)
- Shah, Purnima. Documentary film, Dancing with the Goddess. 2012.
- Shah, Purnima. "“Dance: 1200-1900 CE” Cultural Sociology of West, Central and South Asia.." Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia and Africa Encyclopedia. Sage Reference IV, part II (2012).
- Shah, Purnima. "Randala Ritual: Women's Heritage and Identity in Gujarat, India." Ritual, Heritage and Identity: The Politics of Culture and Performance in a Globalized World (2011).
- Shah, Purnima. "Innovative Approaches in Contemporary Kathak Dance: a Choreographic Appreciation." Nartanam Journal of Indian Dance XI:3 (September,
September, 2011): 66-77.
- Shah, Purnima. Editor, South Asia and South-east Asia Volume,. 2006-09.
- Shah, Purnima. Garba Dance and Goddess Worship in Gujarat, India (in-progress). 2013.
- Shah, Purnima. "Some Issues on Gender Politics in the Bhakti Genre of Dance-Theatre Performance." Samipya Journal of Indology XXV:3-4 (October,
October, 2009): 1-33.
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