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couvade (en)

(noun) a custom in some cultures in which when a child is born the father takes to bed as if bearing the child and submits himself to fasting, purification, or taboos

The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies (vol 1, issue 2)
by Clare Hayes-Brady (editor)

The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies (vol 1, issue 2)
by Clare Hayes-Brady (editor)

The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies (vol 1, issue 2)
by Clare Hayes-Brady (editor)


Couvade, by extension, refers to a father who, on the birth of a child, [...]

—p.125 The Case of "Think" in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men: Is Dialogism Possible? (95) missing author
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