A Change Of World
(Rich, Adrienne)
In November 2001 the Danish Sperm Bank, Cryos International Ltd. opened an independent
affiliation in the United States called Scandinavian Cryobank. The new sperm bank enables
Americans to choose a Scandinavian sperm donor from Cryos International Ltd. via the American
affiliation. Cryos International Ltd. has previously had difficulties marketing the sperm in the US,
due to differences between American and Danish legislation and medical practices. By analyzing and
comparing the sperm banks web pages and interviews carried out with employees, the paper explore
how stores of creation and virtual babies are created, narrated and formed by scientific and
commercial discourses in the North American and Danish cultural context. It will question how
conceptions of gender, ethnicity, nationality and normality and illness are constructed. Hereby the
paper will open up for discussions on the sliding relations between the material and semiotic, fiction
and facts the virtual and material in the stories of creation of the virtual babies. 55
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