Bonkbuster! Sex and Popular Romance from the 1950s to the Present Day
Bonkbuster!
Sex and Popular Romance from the 1950s to the Present Day
Edited by Dr Jo Parsons (Falmouth University)
The Bonkbuster is a baggy and pejorative term which has been applied to a wide ranging and diverse literary form. These texts, written mostly, but not exclusively, by women have suffered from critical neglect due to sexism and their popularity, as well as elitist attitudes towards what constitutes literature.