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02395aam a2200373 i 4500 001 6FC37078908811EC86911DBE31ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220218010020 008 210515s2022 caua 000 0 eng 010 $a 2020053899 020 $a 164009332X 020 $a 9781640093324 035 $a (OCoLC)1253442305 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d TOH $d TI2 $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 082 00 $a 973 $2 23 100 1 $a Brooks, Colette, $e author. 245 10 $a Trapped in the present tense : $b meditations on American memory / $c Colette Brooks. 246 30 $a Meditations on American memory 250 $a First hardcover edition. 264 1 $a Berkeley, California : $b Counterpoint, $c 2022. 300 $a 230 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 505 0 $a Shooters -- Soldiers -- Secrets -- Statistics -- Snapshots. 520 $a "In a culture trapped in the present tense, how can we keep the past from disappearing? When we lose sight of the past, our ability to understand ourselves on both a national and personal level is inhibited. While exploring the darker constants in modern American life - violence, militarization, rapid technological change, inability to be truly attentive - and the disorientation these elements induce, Colette Brooks examines how the past disappears in a culture that is so relentlessly present-tense and whether or not we have a personal responsibility to remember. As our past falls into oblivion, are we potentially losing the individual as well, dissolved into demographic data points? And what of the general threat of extinction (catastrophic or personal)? As Oblivion Approaches is a modest act of resistance against erasure, and an attempt at recuperation. Composing in interrelated sections that build on and circle back upon each other. Brooks encourages reflection, stirs memory, and addresses a crucial question: how did all this happen?"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a National characteristics, American. 650 0 $a Memory $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Collective memory $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Civilization $y 1945- 941 $a 2 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230307010418.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220218010129.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6FC37078908811EC86911DBE31ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search