<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Population aging and international migration have propelled the aging of ethno-cultural minorities to the forefront of social scientific inquiries. Examining how scholarship on old age makes sense of ethnicity and race has become relevant. Based on a scoping review of peer-reviewed articles published between 1998 and 2017 (n = 336), the present article asks whether the notions of racialization and racism inform this scholarship and argues that a racism-sensitive research agenda is needed.</p></abstract>

Population aging and international migration have propelled the aging of ethno-cultural minorities to the forefront of social scientific inquiries. Examining how scholarship on old age makes sense of ethnicity and race has become relevant. Based on a scoping review of peer-reviewed articles published between 1998 and 2017 (n = 336), the present article asks whether the notions of racialization and racism inform this scholarship and argues that a racism-sensitive research agenda is needed.

Racialization Without Racism in Scholarship on Old Age

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Population aging and international migration have propelled the aging of ethno-cultural minorities to the forefront of social scientific inquiries. Examining...

Racialization Without Racism in Scholarship on Old Age

Published Online: Jul 16, 2020

Page range: 331 - 349

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0017

Keywords
Racism, racialization, old age, aging, ethno-cultural minorities

© 2020 Sandra Torres, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Racialization Without Racism in Scholarship on Old Age

Published Online: Jul 16, 2020

Page range: 331 - 349

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0017

KeywordsRacism, racialization, old age, aging, ethno-cultural minorities

© 2020 Sandra Torres, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Racism, racialization, old age, aging, ethno-cultural minorities