Race and the Lifecourse

Christopher Donoghue, Montclair State University, USARutledge M. Dennis, George Mason University, USANatalie Byfield, St. John's University, USABrandy Harris-Wallace, University of Maryland, USAAshley Doane, University of Hartford, USAFred L. Pincus; University of Maryland, USAYnez Wilson Hirst, St. Mary's College, USABelinda C. Lum, California State University, Long Beach, USAAngela Nancy Mendoza, USALaura Sullivan, American University, USATatjana Meschede, Brandeis University, USA

"Almost all public discussion about race and ethnicity is expressed in terms of generalizations, sometimes taking account of history, almost never taking account of time lived by real human beings. This book is one if the first to take account of time, aging, and the life-course. An important contribution to our understanding of issues which will not soon go away." - Harry R. Moody, Retired Vice President, AARP, and Visiting Professor, Fielding Graduate University, USA; Author of AGING: Concepts and Controversies (2011) "Race and the Lifecourse is a groundbreaking work that examines how race shapes important phases in human development. This edited collection shows that youth, adulthood and old age, like other aspects of life, are marked by racial and ethnic difference." Antonia Randolph, Professor of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology, Christopher Newport University, USA

• PART I: THE JOURNEY TO ADULTHOOD 1. Psychological and Sociological Perspectives on the Acquisition of Ethnic and Racial Prejudice in Children; Christopher Donoghue 2. Childhood, Identity, Social Ambivalence, and the Mystique of Race; Rutledge M. Dennis 3. Targets: The Existential Crisis of Black and Latino Male Youths; Natalie Byfield PART II: ADULTHOOD AND MIDLIFE 4. 'Travel is fun, immigration is not': International Graduate Students Adapting to America; Diditi Mitra 5. Factors Influencing Depression in African American and White Never Married Women in Early and Mid-Adulthood; Brandy Harris-Wallace 6. Being white, growing grey: The racial career of a baby boomer; Ashley ('Woody') Doane PART III: AGING AND THE LATTER YEARS 7. Prejudice and Me: A Sociological Memoir; Fred L. Pincus 8. 'I'm not Indian': Understanding Identity Construction through Grandma's Life Story; Ynez Wilson Hirst and Belinda C. Lum 9. Pues a mi me da gusto, porque ando con mis nietos;' Latina grandmothers raising grandchildren's reflections about identity and the caregiving role over the life course ;Nancy Mendoza and Joyce Weil 10. Retirement Security for Households of Color: Disparities during the Life Course Compounded in Old Age; Laura Sullivan and Tatjana Meschede