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Original Articles

Visual evidence: A Seventh Man, the specified generalization, and the work of the reader

Pages 3-11 | Published online: 05 Nov 2010
 

Abstract

How do photographs provide evidence for social science arguments? Analysis of A Seventh Man , a book about migrant labor in Europe, by John Berger and Jean Mohr, suggests that they do this by providing specified generalizations, which state a general idea embodied in images of specific people, places, and events.

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