Caring for Strangers (2017) takes the reader on an interesting journey to the everyday lives of Filipino migrant nurse workers based in Singapore. It does so by focusing on the narratives and the frequent encounters that anthropologist Megha Amrith had during her fieldwork in Singapore. The result is a rich compilation of the social, political, and economic factors that lead many men and women in the Philippines to undertake nursing education, with the purpose of migrating to work abroad. This review focuses on three aspects of the book that the present author found to be of great importance in the contemporary anthropology of economy and labour: the political economy of global capital, the marketization of care work, and the ways in which these migrant workers build their subjectivities.Keywords: political economy, global capital, capitalism, care work, subjectivities.Resumen. Reseña de 'Cuidando a Desconocidos', Megha Amrith (ed.2017) Caring for Strangers (2017) ofrece un interesante viaje a las vidas cotidianas de los emigrantes Filipinos que trabajan como enfermeros en Singapur. Este libro lo logra enfocándose en las narrativas y los encuentros frecuentes que su autora, la antropóloga Megha Amrith, mantuvo durante su trabajo de campo en Singapur. El resultado es una rica descripción de los factores sociales, políticos y económicos que llevan a un gran número de hombres y mujeres en Filipinas a cursar estudios de enfermería para poder trabajar después en el extranjero. Esta reseña se centra en tres aspectos recurrentes del libro que la autora considera significativos para la antropología del trabajo y del capitalismo: la política económica del capital globalizado, la mercantilización del trabajo de los cuidados y las formas en las que se construyen las subjetividades de los trabajadores emigrantes.Palabras clave: economía política, capital globalizado, capitalismo, trabajo de los cuidados, subjetividades.
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