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Outline of a Theory of Practice.

Arthur W. Frank, +1 more
- 01 Mar 1980 - 
- Vol. 9, Iss: 2, pp 256
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This article is published in Contemporary Sociology.The article was published on 1980-03-01. It has received 14683 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Practice theory.

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Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe: The origin and spread of social complexity in southern Africa

TL;DR: The transfer of rank-based society at K2 developed into class distinction at Mapungubwe has received less attention as mentioned in this paper, but it is well known that rank based societies in southern Africa first developed in the Shashe-Limpopo Basin, and the new elite used the unique Zimbabwe birdstones to establish their legitimacy.
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The Interpretation of Culture(s) after Television

Lila Abu-Lughod
- 01 Jul 1997 - 
TL;DR: In the village of Zaynab, in the Upper Egyptian village of Upper Egyptian as discussed by the authors, the women's household had been our friend's haven, and the women had been a source of inspiration for our work.
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Gender disparity in the C-suite: Do male and female CEOs differ in how they reached the top?

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison of the life and career trajectories of thirty male and thirty female CEOs of large organizations is presented, which offers insights into the genesis of gender disparity in corporate leadership positions, discusses the implications for leadership development, and puts forward a model explaining the disparity in CEO roles.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Research: Perceptual Foundations:

TL;DR: The way in which quantitative research and qualitative research are conventionally contrasted with each other runs along familiar lines as mentioned in this paper, the former is seen as offering 'hard', 'factual' data, while the latter is providing 'hard, ''factual'' data.
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Postmodernism, feminism, and the body: The visible and the invisible in consumer research

TL;DR: The authors explored the relationship between post-modernism and feminism in the context of consumer behavior and restored body to its rightful position in our discourse, arguing that not only are the first terms in each of these dichotomies more privileged but that they are gendered as well.