酷兒理論自20世紀90年代興起以來,便深受后結構主義影響,大多數酷兒理論的相關著作及選集前言,都選擇從后結構主義的角度概括酷兒理論精要,而處于福柯及巴特勒理論體系根基位置的身體,卻沒有得到足夠多的重視;并且,近年來學界的身體轉向對酷兒理論也鮮有提及。本文旨在借助重讀福柯及巴特勒的相關著作,為理解酷兒理論挖掘新的身體視角。本文認為,酷兒理論的精髓在于揭示話語規訓身體的機制,發掘身體突破話語規范的潛能,身體視角可以促進酷兒理論的轉型,且能夠推動酷兒研究的跨學科合作。

Post-structuralist thinking has made its impact upon queer theory since the latter emerged in the 1990 s. Existing monographs and anthologies on queer theory tend to summarize this field from the perspective of post-structuralism, while neglecting its dimension of the body, the cornerstone of Michel Foucault’ and Judith Butler’s respective theoretical edifice. Neither has the body turn recently flourishing in cultural and literary studies paid enough attention to queer theory. This paper ventures a new body perspective for understanding queer theory by rereading Foucault and Butler. It argues that the critical edge of queer theory lies in revealing how discursive norms discipline bodies and how bodies find their disruptive power, and that the body perspective of queer theory could facilitate its transformation as well as its engagement in interdisciplinary cooperation.