W. F. Whyte's 'Street Corner Society' became a popular text for sociology students, but specialists in Italian American studies never warmed to it. Donna Gabaccio explains why with "a hidden history of gender and ethnic dynamics" in the academy. ‘The Book That Would Not Die’ Nov 13, 2020 Donna R. Gabaccia
Germans translated Buddhist texts in Germany, and they migrated to British Ceylon in order to get closer to Buddhism. Their Buddhist practices ended up changing Buddhism's relationship to texts in their South Asian home. German Migrants and the Circulation of Buddhist Knowledge between Germany and British Ceylon Apr 18, 2020 Sebastian Musch
Examines how latin american rural migrant women living in a watershed area of Greater Buenos Aires navigate environmental injustice, use knowledge from their former homelands, and contribute to community strategies while challenging gender and socio-environmental inequalities. Circulation of Rural Migrant Knowledge in the Face of Environmental Injustice Mar 7, 2025 María Belén López
Discusses a 1909 Syrian American advice book for Ottoman subjects planning to emigrate to the U.S., which contained knowledge about would-be immigrants' specific rights in the U.S. and self-fashioning tips for dealing with authorities there. A Little Advice: Syrian American Advice Booklets as Knowledge Production Mar 27, 2019 Stacy D. Fahrenthold