This evocation through the poignant fate of what remained of the said Indian tribes, then we are in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The United States of America still sétendent westward, the cities where savage enemy of civilization the man is just one distant memories, want to have fun and crazy about the spectacle of the circus conquest reconstituted with Sitting Bull as a guest star and first Indian souvenir products. Later, the music for opening the show will be adopted as the national anthem (!), "We see how history worships the show."
One could be satisfied with this demystification of a legendary figure. But there are more. Our cowboy death (p. 136), Eric Vuillard has not said its last word. It will take a few more pages to dot the i's. Photography survivors Redskins massacre becomes anamorphic and refers us to another reality. A vision gives way to another. The past becomes present. They become us. Lévocation tomb becomes for those of Wounded Knee, the snow was the shroud.
So this little book may well seem a bit expensive, but its 158 pages resolutely deserve generous hospitality of our library.
"We're the public. This is us who look at the Wild West Show. We look at the same forever. Let us beware of our intelligence, we should be wary of our sophistication, we should be wary of our whole life and saves a great show our emotions. The master is there. In US. Near us. Hidden and visible. With its true-false ideas, accommodating rhetoric. "
