clown: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Overnights - Clowns. Dec 16, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Life Threatened Child and the Life Enhancing Clown: Towards a Model of Therapeutic Clowning. Jul 05, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - The Dramaturgy of Clown - What do clowns do (PDF). Feb 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Psychology - Are Clowns Good for Everyone? The Influence of Trait Cheerfulness on Emotional Reactions to a Hospital Clown Intervention. Jan 04, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - A surprising history of the creepy clown. Jun 07, 2024
Add new Web site: The Washington Post - It�s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. Feb 02, 2024
Add new Web site: History of Circus - History of Clowning - Facts about Clowns. Sep 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Famous Clowns - A History of Clowns. May 01, 2020
Media added. Aug 30, 2017
Article revised and updated. Nov 05, 2008
Added new Web site: Clowning - Clowns. Sep 13, 2007
Article revised. May 29, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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