The Raw And The Rotten: Punk Cuisine Summary

The article, “The Raw and the Rotten: Punk Cuisine, “by Dylan Clark discloses the ideological meaning of punk cuisine by presenting some distinctive social issues that need worldwide social attention such as sexism, pollution, or discrimination whilst using an ethnography approach of research. The author expressed that punk is prepared to challenge the social norms and standing up against any form of discrimination in our society. Clark (2004) examined how white punks eliminate their relationship with a White middle-class power through dumpster punk cuisine. The author states that most of the food consumed in society is highly processed and contain poisonous ingredients and that processed are a result of exploited labour(Clark,2004).
For a more in-depth understanding for the targeted audience the author uses the Levi-Strauss' concepts of raw, cooked, and rotten in a culinary triangle to give the reader a more informative understanding into punks’ movement (Clark,2004). By stating that punks enjoy rotten, disposed of or stolen food, it gives an insight to the extents that punks would go to fight discrimination and inequality as well as challenge corporate domination while using

This ideology and type of activism may have a negative impact on economy as punks have to steal from groceries shops and most cases “organic food shops” to make the food item unclean. This article was well research and observed as cause the author acknowledges the movement brings general awareness to the political and social issues using food. In other words, this article was well-written and sounds empowering in written text, but it does not translate easily to the present society because organic food is one of the high cost commodity in the shops. Moreover, the article is challenging whiteness and masculinity. However, it is biased as majority of the punks in this article are