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    A Study Guide for Frank Chin's "The Chickencoop Chinaman"
    A Study Guide for Frank Chin's "The Chickencoop Chinaman"
    A Study Guide for Frank Chin's "The Chickencoop Chinaman"
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    A Study Guide for Frank Chin's "The Chickencoop Chinaman"

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    A Study Guide for Frank Chin's "The Chickencoop Chinaman", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateMay 15, 2018
    ISBN9781410393357
    A Study Guide for Frank Chin's "The Chickencoop Chinaman"

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      A Study Guide for Frank Chin's "The Chickencoop Chinaman" - Gale

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      The Chickencoop Chinaman

      Frank Chin

      1981

      Introduction

      Chin's The Chickencoop Chinaman is the first play by an Asian American ever produced in New York. Like Chin's other works, the play utilizes wit and humor to explore the devastating effects of racism and assimilation. The surreal play with its angry monologues generated controversy when it first opened, but it is a groundbreaking work that helped paved the way for future Asian American playwrights and artists. Although it was written in 1971 and first performed in 1972, the themes of racial stereotypes, family, and individual identity are still relevant today. The Chickencoop Chinaman is included in The Chickencoop Chinaman and The Year of the Dragon: Two Plays by Frank Chin, published by University of Washington Press in 1981.

      Author Biography

      Frank Chin Was Born On February 4, 1940, In Berkeley, California. Unable To Care For Him, Chin'S Parents Placed Him In A Foundling Home When He Was An Infant. For The First Six Years Of His Life, Chin Lived With An Elderly White Couple In Placerville, California. After His Parents Claimed Him, Chin Lived In Oakland, California, With His Family Before Moving To San Francisco.

      Chin attended the University of California at Berkeley in 1958, and in 1961 he earned a scholarship to the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. In 1963, however, he took a job with the Southern Pacific Railroad. He was the first Chinese-American brakeman for the company, according to his interview with News of the American Place Theater, which is quoted by Dorothy Ritsuko McDonald in her introduction to The Chickencoop Chinaman and The Year of the Dragon: Two Plays by Frank Chin. He completed his degree at the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1965 and then was employed at a television station in Seattle before teaching Asian Studies at San Francisco State University and the University of California.

      In 1971, Chin submitted The Chickencoop Chinaman to the East West Players' playwriting contest and shared the first prize. The play opened in New York the next year, and it was the first play by an Asian American performed in New York. Chin helped found the Asian American Theater Workshop in 1973. In 1974, his second play, The Year of the Dragon, debuted. Chin worked collaboratively with

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