本文討論《紙婚》（陳若曦，1986），回望愛滋在1980年代蔓延的種種影響，試圖分析小說如何再現所謂「幸福婚家」和「不幸疾病」之間的辯證。透過探問愛滋病和同性戀對於敘事的作用與效果，本文認為小說展現出一種「殘（障）／酷（兒）」的政治性，可以用來質疑以婚家慾望為基礎的「同志幸福政治」。本文的問題意識在於：殘／酷議題（特別是愛滋情節）被嵌入小說敘事中，對於小說敘事產生什麼作用？亦即，關於殘／酷的想像如何推動敘事情節的展開？而小說中的殘／酷又如何能連結到小說所處的社會脈絡？本文採用「描述性閱讀」的觀點來分析《紙婚》，將小說視為「紀實美學」的展現，藉由這樣的閱讀徑路，凸顯《紙婚》所描繪的污名現實，推展本文所要呈現的殘／酷政治。本文強調小說觀察並描述美國社會如何面對同性戀和愛滋，透過小說技藝和文學手法再現那段歷史，看見1981年愛滋出現後，體現於全球男同性戀身體的「殘／酷」政治，回望有關疾病、殘障、污名、歧視、死亡、失落的歷史。

This article discusses Chen Ruoxi's Paper Marriage written in 1986. By viewing the various impacts brought by the AIDS epidemic that are depicted in this work of fiction, it also attempts to analyze the dialectical interplay between the epitomized ＂happy marriage and family＂ and ＂misfortune of disease＂ represented in this novel. After inquiring how AIDS and homosexuality have influenced the narrative, this paper argues that Paper Marriage shows the politics of disability/queerness in order to question the politics of gay happiness which is usually depicted as based on desire for marriage and family. Through a lens of ＂descriptive reading＂ in analyzing this novel, this paper takes Paper Marriage as an expression of ＂documentary aesthetics,＂ and it focuses on its narrative of how American society viewed the historical events surrounding homosexuality and AIDS that are represented and recorded in the art of novels and form of literature. It enables ＂AIDS remains AIDS and homosexuality remains homosexuality.＂ To visualize the embodied politics of disability/queerness against the background of global male homosexuality-since the first case of AIDS was reported in 1981-is to look backwards at the history of disease, disability, stigma, discrimination, death and loss.