Invented Eden: The Elusive, Disputed History Of The Tasaday

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Invented Eden: The Elusive, Disputed History Of The TasadayISBN13:9780803273634ISBN10:0803273630Author:Hemley, Robin (Author)Description:In 1971 Manual Elizalde, A Philippine Government Minister With A Dubious Background, Discovered A Band Of Twenty-Six Stone Age Rain-Forest Dwellers Living In Total Isolation The Tribe Was Soon Featured In American Newscasts And Graced The Cover Of National Geographic But After A Series Of Aborted Anthropological Ventures, The Tasaday Reserve Established By Ferdinand Marcos Was Closed To Visitors, And The Tribe Vanished From Public View Twelve Years Later, A Swiss Reporter Hiked Into The Area And Discovered That The Tasaday Were Actually Farmers Whom Elizalde Had Coerced Into Dressing In Leaves And Posing With Stone Tools The Anthropological Find Of The Century Had Become The Ethnographic Hoax Of The Century Or Maybe Not Robin Hemley Tells A Story That Is More Complex Than Either The Hoax Proponents Or The Authenticity Advocates Might Care To Admit It Is A Gripping And Ultimately Tragic Tale Of Innocence Found, Lost, And Found Again The Author Provides An Afterword For This Bison Books Edition In 1971, A Band Of 26 Stone Age Rain-Forest Dwellers Was Discovered Living In Total Isolation By A Philippine Government Minister With A Dubious Background Or Were They Tasaday Farmers Who Had Been Coerced? In Answering That Question, Hemley Has Written A Gripping And Ultimately Tragic Tale Of Innocence Found, Lost, And Found Again Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:UNIV OF NEBRASKA PRPublication Date:2007-01-01Weight:1.1 lbsDimensions:0.76'' H x 8.9'' L x 6.22'' WNumber of Pages:341Language:English

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