Graduation Year
2017
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Media Studies
Reader 1
T. KIM-TRANG TRAN
Reader 2
NANCY MACKO
Rights Information
© 2017 Diva Gattani
Abstract
This thesis examines the stigmatization of female body hair by Western media. It has constructed female hair removal on screen as taboo, while perpetuating the association of femininity with hairlessness. Through personal interviews, digital design and embroidery, my two projects, Delicate & Unshaven and Women of the Hair Belt, emphasize that female body hair is natural and, moreover, feminine and beautiful.
Recommended Citation
Gattani, Diva, "Dismantling the Stigmatization of Female Body Hair Through Embroidery and Interviews With Women of the Hair Belt" (2017). Scripps Senior Theses. 990.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/990
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
