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Show User Friendly Feminism: A Feminist Critique of Iron Jawed Angels Kira 5. Jones (Helene Shugart) Department of Communication, University of Utah This essay explores the contemporary fil m Iron Jawed Angefc. vitiiL; he h ronides 1 he fi nal slaves of the women^ rnoverneni for suffrage. The film petitions rtselF espied r^as a Femin^t text 1h rough them du^on of fpnunut sensibilities nndpflrsfWi'i'es, which link themselves to cornmon perceptions of r> rnnle empov^rmerrt. Vet cfcwes?rnina1 en of hsv* representations oFrVninisrn and wsmen are constructed ?nd often rnnm pu kited i n other srew oF 1 he medi? lllustraieuhe Freqwnt consUuci Kin batoned cbwn. rxm 1 h r«it p.orappropriaiedversion oFfeminist seriSJtilrtie? Therefore. thisewayenrjaaesin^^kisetextu^liinnlysis^F ooTurrenceia? thev sw wen In Iron Jawed Aivjeh along wrthj dK^n^trurtion oFihe Plrn^ represents KmioF n. female friendships fernimsn, tokeniirn.j& well d5certn in ^ memritic MyhM k ^ornponenn. This. oF subtle, >"et reoccurrma strat^flies th?t devalue rVninism nnd ?lH3nv^men wrth hy relebrate and represent 1 he di^rs'dv of remmisi though!. The Influence of Previous Language Study on the Acquisition of a Second Foreign Language: A Study of Adult Learners of Russian Kirk Jorgensen [Jane Hacking} Department o* Languages and Literature, University of Utah h is study investigates 1 he influence of prevrcus language studp on the *rquisJi en of soc c pi*gm?1 k ^ornpeience in a serord Foreq n language The reswrc h reused on adult learners of flussj?n who. H ^t^piteh^vingsr^nt ns^nilvant Hin>?unior"time in Russia or another country In whirhfluH"?n ^ jpoker\jtill Jtru-ggle with choosing jocio prngrnatir?l|y nppiopi kite h nq untie Forrns for a given situsiKin An es?rnple of a soao pragrnatic m"^ta ke is Failure to use the ferrn oF arWress consisient v^i h the targei norms, like Ifie inForrnal/form?l registers A questranrwe wa? adrnmisiered to the participants, askmg them to list previous kingunqps studied The partici r>nnts ?lso w^e g"iwn ? pre t«?t. whirh t^igeted the socio p?g rnati^ speech ad or" ipFuwI The ^tni frorn the pre t«?ts were rat^ by two nati^ speakers, K^oid" ng 10 how natural the answers Felt ar>d hsv^ corrKi 1 he v^ord usage wa*. The results of the pre te?t vnl 11^ com r>nred to the Ivrrkgrourd question rrairem orderio establish the possible <^rrelat"on between previous language eKperieryre?ndFflrr^rm?n^e. A preliminary review or"the d?1a suggests that those sludents. whs have had morett a ^earsl language experience It^pVallyhigh schwiklasses of Spanish, Fren^hHorGerrna-nl. scored h^her on the pre te?t th^n thsse v^io h?d Igss l?nci uage lenrni ng p>:posu re. n Jones ¦' |