{"product_id":"massadas-astaganaga-by-dr-lutgard-mutsaers-9781501372568","title":"Massada's Astaganaga","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explores an album of popular music with a remarkable significance to a violent wave of postcolonial tensions in the Netherlands in the 1970s. Several “actions” were claimed by a small number of first-generation descendants of approximately 12,500 reluctant migrants from the young independent state of Indonesia (former Dutch East Indies).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTransferred in 1951, this culturally coherent group consisted of ex-Royal Dutch Colonial Army personnel and their families. Their ancient roots in the Moluccan archipelago and their Protestant-Christian faith defined their minority image. Their sojourn should have been temporary, but frustratingly turned out to be permanent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the height of strained relations, Massada rose to the occasion. \u003ci\u003eAstaganaga\u003c\/i\u003e (1978) is a telling example of the will to negotiate a different diasporic Moluccan identity through uplifting contemporary sounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596908806380,"sku":"9781501372568","price":38.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/bb9cd58fb097bf1a9a17849594b3e527.jpg?v=1777955483","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/massadas-astaganaga-by-dr-lutgard-mutsaers-9781501372568","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}