Animal Edutainment in a Neoliberal Era

Teresa Lloro received a PhD in education, society, and culture from the University of California, Riverside. She is Assistant Professor in the Liberal Studies Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Lloro recently received a California Humanities Grant for her work with community-based food justice coalitions. She is also the co-editor of Animals in Environmental Education: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy.

• Introduction – The Making of a Region al Edutainment Venue – Neoliberal Subjectivities and the Pedagogy of “Sustainable Seafood” – Bird Biopower in Lorikeet Forest – The Disembodied Shark – Affective Labor in the Lorikeet Forest– A Watershed Moment for Zoos and Aquariums? Exploring Feminist Posthumanist Theories and Pedagogies – Author Index – Suject Index.

"Teresa Lloro's new book, Animal Edutainment in a Neoliberal Era, is a welcome and needed addition to the works on the uses of animals in two spheres: entertainment and education. Drawing on the author's ethnographic work among the people and animals who interact at a public aquarium, Animal Edutainment in a Neoliberal Era uncovers a number of uncomfortable truths inherent in our use of animals, and suggests some new ways in which we might move forward."—Margo De Mello, Human-Animal Studies Program Director, Animals & Society Institute