Items where Author is Wray, Sharon

2016

Wray, Sharon and Bartholomew, Michelle L. (2016) Older International Migrant Women's Reflexive Engagement with Religion. International Journal of Aging and Society, 6 (3). pp. 35-49. ISSN 2160-1917

2015

Hearn, Jeff and Wray, Sharon (2015) Gender: implications of a contested area. In: Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology. Routledge International Handbooks . Routledge, London, UK, pp. 201-209. ISBN 978-0-415-63114-3

2014

Wray, Sharon and Yeadon-Lee, Tracey (2014) Researching women’s reinvention of self and identity during midlife. In: BSA Ageing, Body and Society Study Group Conference 2014: Researching Bodies, 28 November 2014, British Library Conference Centre, London. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon and Ali, N (2014) Understanding generation through the lens of ethnic and cultural diversity. Families, Relationships and Societies, 3 (3). pp. 469-473. ISSN 2046-7435

Raikes, Ben, Wray, Sharon, Locke, Abigail, Lockwood, Kelly and Bartholomew, Michelle (2014) Unsung Heroes: Grandparents caring for their grandchildren while their parent is in prison. In: University Centre for Applied Childhood, Youth and Family Studies research café, 5 November 2014, Univertsity of Huddersfield. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon (2014) "Good health that’s all I’m asking for”: Older women’s perceptions and experiences of health and well being across ethnic diversity. In: Taking Transculturalism and Diversity Beyond Boundaries: Exploring the Experiences of Underrepresented Groups, 7th March 2014, The University of Huddersfield. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon (2014) Ageing, embodiment and ethnicity: some key methodological Issues. In: Doing Real World Research in Sports Studies. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-50525-3

2013

Wray, Sharon (2013) Exploring grand mothering across ethnic and cultural diversity. In: Third International Conference on Aging and Society, 8th-9th November 2013, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon and Rae, Rosemary (2013) Personal and Public Lives and Relationships in a Changing Social World. Cambridge Scholar Publishing. ISBN 9781443849685

2012

Wray, Sharon (2012) Methods of working with black and ethnic minority older women. In: ESRC Seminar: Developing research capacity in black and ethnic minority ageing studies, 8th November 2012, London, UK. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon and Bartholomew, Michelle L. (2012) Issues of insiderness and outsiderness in two qualitative research projects with older African Caribbean women in the UK. In: Current Issues in Sociology: Work and Minorities. Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, pp. 141-154. ISBN 9789609549776

Wray, Sharon (2012) “This is your life you have to live with the memories”: Older migrant women’s reflections on living with the past. The International Journal of Aging in Society, 1 (3). pp. 35-48. ISSN 2160-1909

2011

Wray, Sharon (2011) ‘This Is Your Life You Have to Live with the Memories’: Older UK Migrant Women’s Reflections on Living with the Past. In: Aging and Society Interdisciplinary Conference 2011, 8th - 9th November 2011, Berkeley, California, USA. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon (2011) ‘This is Your Life You Have to Live with the Memories’: Older Pakistani and Indian Migrant Women’s Reflections on Living with the Past. In: British Society of Gerontology 40th Annual Conference, 5th - 7th July 2011, Plymouth, UK. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon (2011) This is your life you have to live with the memories': Older Pakistani and Indian migrant women's reflections on living with the past. In: Understanding the Social World Conference 2011, 13th - 15th July 2011, University of Huddersfield. (Unpublished)

2010

Wray, Sharon (2010) The significance of Western health promotion discourse for older women from diverse ethnic backgrounds. In: Women and Exercise: The Body, Health and Consumerism. Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society . Routledge, London. ISBN 9780415871204

Wray, Sharon (2010) Social Inclusion and Exclusion: Experiences of Older South Asian Women in the UK. In: International Federation on Ageing Global Conference 2010, 3rd - 6th May 2010, Melbourne, Australia. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon and Bartholomew, Michelle L. (2010) Some reflections on outsider and insider identities in ethnic and migrant qualitative research. Migration Letters, 7 (1). pp. 7-16. ISSN 1741-8984

Wray, Sharon (2010) South Asian women growing older: Social capital and life-course inequalities. In: BSA Annual Conference 2010 - Inequalities & Social Justice, 7th - 9th April 2010, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon (2010) Women Growing Older: Agency, ethnicity and culture. In: Structure and Agency. SAGE Key Debates in Sociology . Sage. ISBN 9781848600317

2009

Deery, Ruth and Wray, Sharon (2009) 'The hardest leap': acceptance of diverse body size in midwifery. Practising Midwife, 12 (10). pp. 14-16. ISSN 1461-3123

Wray, Sharon (2009) Interrogating the Insider Outsider Binary in Qualitative Research: Insider, Outsider or Both? In: 9th Conference of the European Sociological Association: European Society or European Societies?, 2nd - 5th September 2009, Lisbon, Portugal. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon (2009) The Influence of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity on Women's Embodied Experiences of Ageing. In: BSA Ageing, Body and Society Study Group Conference: Body Work in Health and Social Care, 6th September 2009, London, UK. (Unpublished)

2008

Deery, Ruth and Wray, Sharon (2008) Theorising ‘Obesity’: Women, Biomedicine & Health. In: Fat Studies in the UK, 2nd May 2008, York, UK. (Unpublished)

Afshar, Haleh, Franks, Myfanwy, Maynard, Mary Ann and Wray, Sharon (2008) Women in later life: exploring race and ethnicity. Open University Press/McGraw Hill, Berkshire, UK. ISBN 9780335215263

Wray, Sharon (2008) Exercise, health and well-being: the experiences of midlife women from diverse ethnic backgrounds. In: Research seminar, University of Brighton, 3rd March 2008, Brighton, UK. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon and Deery, Ruth (2008) The medicalization of body size and women's healthcare. Health Care for Women International, 29 (3). pp. 227-243. ISSN 0739-9332

2007

Wray, Sharon (2007) Exercise regimes and well being: The experiences of midlife women from diverse ethnic backgrounds. In: 4th World Congress of Sociology of Sport (in conjunction with the International Sport History Association) "Sport in a Global World; Past, Present & Future", August 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon (2007) Health, Exercise, and Well-Being: The Experiences of Midlife Women from Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds. Social Theory & Health, 5 (2). pp. 126-144. ISSN 1477-8211

Wray, Sharon (2007) To what extent does ethnic and cultural diversity influence women's experiences of growing older? In: Families, Life Course and Generations Research Centre Seminar, 22 February 2007, Leeds. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon (2007) To what extent do ethnic & cultural diversity influence women’s experiences of growing older? In: Age & Gender, Ikaantyminen ja Sukupuoli edited collection. The Age Institute, pp. 1-13. ISBN 978958529255x

Wray, Sharon (2007) Women making sense of mid-life: ethnic and cultural diversity. Journal of aging studies, 21 (1). pp. 31-42. ISSN 0890-4065

2006

Wray, Sharon (2006) How does physical activity contribute to the health and well being of older women from diverse ethnic backgrounds? In: 2nd World Ageing & Generations Congress, 27th - 29th September 2006, Switzerland. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon (2006) The influence of migratory experiences on the health and well being of older women. In: British Society of Gerontology 35th Annual Meeting, The Ageing Jigsaw: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Old Age, 7th - 9th September 2006, University of Wales. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon and Bartholomew, Michelle L. (2006) Older African Caribbean women: the influence of migration on experiences of health and well-being in later life. Research Policy and Planning, 24 (2). pp. 103-119. ISSN 0264-519X

Wray, Sharon (2006) CHD in African and Caribbean origin populations: the challenges ahead and the strategies for action. In: British Heart Foundation seminar, June 2006, London, UK. (Unpublished)

2005

Wray, Sharon (2005) What Constitutes ‘Good Health’? The perceptions and experiences of older African Caribbean women. In: Inclusion and Exclusion 2005 Exploring the Messages for Policy and Practice of Research on Racism and Ethnicity, 9th November 2005, London, UK. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon (2005) Difference and inequality: How can sociology transform the lives of older women? In: Challenging Orthodoxy: The Public Function of Sociology? Departmental Centenary Conference, 8th - 9th September 2005, University of Liverpool. (Unpublished)

Afshar, Haleh, Maynard, M., Franks, Myfanwy and Wray, Sharon (2005) Empowerment and disempowerment: a comparative study of afro-caribbean, asian and white British women in their third age. Project Report. ESRC.

Wray, Sharon (2005) Making sense of mid-life: Women, ethnicity and culture. In: The British Sociological Association Annual Conference, 23rd March 2005, University of York. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon (2005) Researching across ethnic diversity. In: Leeds Metropolitan University Seminar, March 2005, Leeds, UK. (Unpublished)

2004

Wray, Sharon and Deery, Ruth (2004) 'Fatness' as an embodied expression of oppression in the health care setting. In: The British Sociological Association Annual Conference, 22–24 March 2004, University of York. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon (2004) What constitutes agency and empowerment for women in later life? Toward the development of a culturally sensitive theoretical framework to examine ageing. The sociological review, 52 (1). pp. 22-38. ISSN 0038-0261

2003

Wray, Sharon (2003) Connecting agency, ethnicity and ageing. Sociological research online, 8 (4). ISSN 1360-7804

Wray, Sharon (2003) Women growing older: agency, ethnicity and culture. Sociology: The journal of the British Sociological Association, 37 (3). pp. 511-528. ISSN 0038-0385

Long, J. and Wray, Sharon (2003) It depends who you are: on asking difficult questions in leisure research. Loisir et Societe, 26 (1). pp. 169-182. ISSN 0705-3436

Wray, Sharon and Latham, Nicki (2003) Connecting health and ethnic identity: The impact of ethnic and cultural diversity on women’s health during mid life. In: 6th Conference of the European Sociological Association ‘Ageing Societies, New Sociology’, 23rd - 26th September, Murcia, Spain. (Unpublished)

2002

Wray, Sharon (2002) What constitutes agency and empowerment for women in later life? Towards the development of a culturally sensitive theoretical framework with which to examine ageing. In: The British Sociological Association Conference: ‘Reshaping the Social’, April 2002, Leicester, UK. (Unpublished)

Afshar, Haleh, Franks, Myfanwy, Maynard, M. and Wray, Sharon (2002) Gender ethnicity and empowerment in later life. Quality in ageing - Policy, practice and research, 3 (1). pp. 27-33. ISSN 1471-7794

Afshar, Haleh, Maynard, M., Franks, Myfanwy and Wray, Sharon (2002) Issues of ethnicity in researching older women. Growing older: the ESRC research programme on extending quality of life (4). pp. 8-9.

2001

Wray, Sharon (2001) Connecting ethnicity, gender and physicality: Muslim Pakistani women, physical activity and health. In: Gender and sport: a reader. Routledge, London, pp. 127-140. ISBN 9780415259521

Afshar, Haleh, Franks, Myfanwy, Maynard, M. and Wray, Sharon (2001) Empowerment, disempowerment and quality of life for older women. Generations Review: Journal of the british Society of Gerontology, 11 (4). pp. 12-13. ISSN 0965-2000

Wray, Sharon (2001) Reconceptualizing later life: women, agency and resistance. In: DSA Women and Development Conference, May 2001, York, UK. (Unpublished)

Wray, Sharon (2001) Towards an Inclusive Feminist Political Agenda: Connecting Different Spaces and Knowledge Claims. In: Jordanian Women’s Contemporary Issues International Conference, March 2001, University of Jordan. (Unpublished)

1999

Wray, Sharon (1999) Rethinking methodology: Taking account of difference and diversity in the research process. In: The British Sociological Association Conference: ‘For Sociology’, April 1999, Glasgow, UK. (Unpublished)