The geographer John Bale applied Foucault's discussion of the prison to certain settings of these practices, which are also the subject of a book by Jean-Marie Brohm subtitled "A Prison of Measured Time."
Female participants in these practices were termed a "contested ideological terrain" by Michael Messner, who has also written about the "soft essentialism" imposed by these practices. The geographer John Bale applied Foucault's discussion of the prison to certain settings of these practices, which are also the subject of a book by Jean-Marie Brohm subtitled "A Prison of Measured Time." In one book, the rise of these practices is attributed to the parliamentarization of the English gentry in the eighteenth century. That book ties the popularity of these practices to a search for pleasure via (*) sociability," "mimesis," and "motility," or what its authors term a "quest for excitement in unexciting societies." That book was co-written by Norbert Elias with Eric Dunning, the best-known sociologist of these practices. For 10 points, name these practices, examples of which include sepak takraw, hurling, and basketball.
Female participants in these practices were termed a "contested ideological terrain" by Michael Messner, who has also written about the "soft essentialism" imposed by these practices.
sports [prompt on "games"; accept any specific sports] 