The organization of Santa: Fetishism, ambivalence and narcissism

Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 779-794

  Cluley, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ambivalence; fetishism; Freud; narcissim; Santa; Santa Claus

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155195474     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508411416401     Document Type: Article

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