Live Literature in the Philippines: An Ethnographic Study of #RomanceClass and Reading as Performance

• Main Authors: Parnell, Claire, Trinidad, Andrea Anne I, McAlister, Jodi
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Live literature; ethnography; Filipino popular culture; book culture; performance; Creative Writing
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/filipino-faculty-pubs/72; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17510694.2021.1939544
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Live literature – events where literature is the dominant art form presented or performed – is a highly visible form of contemporary book culture. In this article, we examine the live reading events organised by #RomanceClass in the Philippines as a case study, using a digital ethnography method whi...