Abstract:This article responds to Lisa Duggan's "The Discipline Problem: Queer Theory Meets Lesbian and Gay Studies" (1995), which was published in an early issue of GLQ. In arguing queer theory's disinterest in empirical research in the 1990s, Duggan's article seems to anticipate Laura Doan, Valerie Traub, and Heather Love's recent critiques of queer studies' anti-empiricism. However, although ostensibly in line with Duggan's argument, most of this recent work lacks Duggan's attention to how specific institutional practices give shape to the field. In emphasizing discursive debates over material institutional practices, I argue that queer studies scholars often produce stories about queer studies that are strikingly at odds with what the field actually looks like on an institutional level.

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酷儿研究是否存在反经验主义问题？

摘要：本文是对 Lisa Duggan 在 GLQ 早期一期发表的“The Discipline Problem: Queer Theory Meets Lesbian and Gay Studies”（1995）的回应。在争论 1990 年代酷儿理论对实证研究不感兴趣时​​，杜根的文章似乎预见了劳拉·多恩、瓦莱丽·特劳布和希瑟·洛夫最近对酷儿研究的反经验主义的批评。然而，尽管表面上与 Duggan 的论点一致，但最近的大部分工作都缺乏 Duggan 对具体制度实践如何塑造该领域的关注。在强调关于物质制度实践的话语辩论时，我认为酷儿研究学者经常制作关于酷儿研究的故事，这些故事与该领域在制度层面上的实际情况大相径庭。