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- catalog abstract ""In 1971, a band of twenty-six "Stone Age" rain-forest dwellers was discovered living in total isolation by Manuel Elizalde, a Philippine government minister with a dubious background. The tribe was soon featured in nightly American newscasts and graced the cover of National Geographic. They were visited by such celebrities as Charles Lindbergh and Gina Lollobrigida. But after a series of aborted anthropological forays, the 45,000-acre Tasaday Reserve established by Ferdinand Marcos was closed to all 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 who had been coerced by Elizalde into dressing in leaves and posing in caves with stone tools. Soon 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 Tasaday advocates might care to admit. At the center of it is a group of very poor people who have been buffeted by forces beyond their control. Were the Tasaday the creation of gullible journalists, bumbling scientists, and an ego-driven madman, or were they the innocent victims of cynical academics and politicos? In answering that question, Hemley has written a tale of innocence found, lost, and found again."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12861927.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""In 1971, a band of twenty-six "Stone Age" rain-forest dwellers was discovered living in total isolation by Manuel Elizalde, a Philippine government minister with a dubious background. The tribe was soon featured in nightly American newscasts and graced the cover of National Geographic. They were visited by such celebrities as Charles Lindbergh and Gina Lollobrigida. But after a series of aborted anthropological forays, the 45,000-acre Tasaday Reserve established by Ferdinand Marcos was closed to all 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 who had been coerced by Elizalde into dressing in leaves and posing in caves with stone tools. Soon 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 Tasaday advocates might care to admit. At the center of it is a group of very poor people who have been buffeted by forces beyond their control. Were the Tasaday the creation of gullible journalists, bumbling scientists, and an ego-driven madman, or were they the innocent victims of cynical academics and politicos? In answering that question, Hemley has written a tale of innocence found, lost, and found again."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "A note on spellings -- A meeting between centuries -- Protector of the primitive -- The center for short-lived phenomena -- Message from the Stone Age -- Tourists in paradise -- A new society -- Passion play -- "Crimed up very badly" -- A smoking gun -- Quiet understandings -- Heart of grayness -- Tribal warfare -- Return of the native -- Video tribe -- Loaded words -- Trial in the jungle -- Your own private Tasaday -- Missing links -- Good men -- Postcard from the Stone Age -- Confirmation bias.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-327) and index.".
- catalog extent "339 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0374177163".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,".
- catalog spatial "Philippines.".
- catalog subject "959.9/7 21".
- catalog subject "Anthropological ethics Philippines.".
- catalog subject "DS666.T32 H46 2003".
- catalog subject "Impostors and imposture Philippines.".
- catalog subject "Tasaday (Philippine people) Public opinion.".
- catalog subject "Tasaday (Philippine people) Social life and customs.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A note on spellings -- A meeting between centuries -- Protector of the primitive -- The center for short-lived phenomena -- Message from the Stone Age -- Tourists in paradise -- A new society -- Passion play -- "Crimed up very badly" -- A smoking gun -- Quiet understandings -- Heart of grayness -- Tribal warfare -- Return of the native -- Video tribe -- Loaded words -- Trial in the jungle -- Your own private Tasaday -- Missing links -- Good men -- Postcard from the Stone Age -- Confirmation bias.".
- catalog title "Invented Eden : the elusive, disputed history of the Tasaday / Robin Hemley.".
- catalog type "text".