Some References to the Couvade in Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8931365 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L F Newman, Lesléa Newman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1942 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 148-157 |
| Publication date | 1942-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1942.9717638 |
| OpenAlex | W2074373103 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
IN a recent paper' an alternative theory of the origin of the Couvade custom was brought forward and a few references were quoted to illustrate the views of different folklorists. These references were chosen, not to provide historical data of the development of the custom, but to show its wide geographical range. The following additional examples and comparisons may be of interest to illustrate its wider aspects and assist in arriving at some conclusions regarding its origin or origins. Different writers have cited some of the references quoted below and have regarded them as illustrating a single custom or variants of it; but so many views have been expressed that all the explanations of its origin cannot possibly be true, especially as some of them are mutually contradictory. The phenomena can be explained if we allow for the possibility of there being not one but a number of origins. It therefore seems worth while to examine historically rather than merely geographically the more. important descriptions of the couvade in general and in anthropological literature. There are three main points of view each with their own special aspects and fallacies. They may be classified as follows : (i) The classical school who quote Apollonius Rhodius, Strabo, Plutarch and the other early authors. (2) The historians who base their views on writers such as Marco Polo, Bacon, Butler and others
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 2017 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |