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couvade [ko̅o̅väd′] a custom in some non-Western cultures whereby the husband goes through mock labor while his wife is giving birth. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the classic couvade of anthropological texts, men actually act out labor. Dawson's classic compilation of couvade customs, says that that ritual path is made up of ways of losing mother or gaining mother: "All initiatory wandering is in the mother, through the mother, from mother, to mother. What Hall finds is this: couvade customs seem intent on making a man "motherly" so as to make him a father. |
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