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THE DANCER'S VOICE: PERFORMANCE AND WOMANHOOD IN TRANSNATIONAL INDIA by Rumya Sree Putcha. 2023. Durham: Duke University Press. xvii + 208 pp., 33 illustrations. $24.95 paperback. ISBN-10: 1478019131, ISBN-13: 9781478019138. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2z9g0vg.

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THE DANCER'S VOICE: PERFORMANCE AND WOMANHOOD IN TRANSNATIONAL INDIA by Rumya Sree Putcha. 2023. Durham: Duke University Press. xvii + 208 pp., 33 illustrations. $24.95 paperback. ISBN-10: 1478019131, ISBN-13: 9781478019138. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2z9g0vg.

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Dance Research Journal , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , April 2024 , pp. 84 - 88
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Dance Studies Association

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