The Ethnography Nuer Journey, Nuer Lives By Jon Hertzman

Immigration is building block to the United States culture. For decades, the United States was viewed as a land of opportunity, a land of hope for those seeking a better life. In the ethnography Nuer Journeys, Nuer Lives written by Jon Hertzman describes the Nuer’s journey and acclimation to the United States. In the preface of his ethnography, Hertzman recognizes that the immigration of these peoples took place over decades and as an anthropologist he studies how the Nuer adapt to the way of life in the United States. Throughout Nuer Journeys, Nuer Lives, Hertzman encounters the concepts of Marriage, Family, and Kinship and Gender as they are outlined in Essential of Cultural Anthropology. For anyone, moving to a new place brings up feelings of nervousness and uncertainty. This is definitely true for the Nuer people. After leaving their home villages, many were placed in different refugee camps and then dispersed across the United States of America. Leaving behind much of what they know, all they have left is each other. Many of the Nuer people became what The Essentials of Cultural Anthropology describes as a kin group, â€Å"a group of people who culturally consider themselves to be relatives, cooperate in certain activities, and share a sense of identity as kinfolk† (Bailey and Peoples, 161). As villages and families were separated, the people began to form new, smaller communities. The Nuer people were relocated to different areas across the United States, but after a