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Impressores i llibreteres a la Barcelona dels segles XVIII i XIX
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[cat] L'article analitza el paper de les dones en el triple negoci del llibre (impremta, venda de llibres i enquadernació) en els segles XVIII i XIX. El seu paper destaca per la seva multifuncionalitat, que arrenca del fet que les filles rebien un aprenentatge informal en l'ofici, que la gran majoria estaven alfabetitzades, i que la corporació permetia que les filles solteres continuessin amb el negoci, encara que no les va autoritzar a participar en les reunions del gremi ni a ocupar càrrecs. Segons els orígens socioprofessionals i el paper que van jugar en el negoci es poden presentar quatre models de llibreteres i impressores, depenent de la seva major o menor implicació en el negoci i el tipus d'identitat adquirida. Van tenir un paper fonamental en aquestes empreses, fent possible que tinguessin una marcada longevitat; sense l'estalvi que van aportar als costos de transacció d'aquests negocis, no hagués estat possible que assolissin els 150 anys, i més.
[eng] This article examines the role of women in all three sides of the book trade (printing, bookselling, and binding) in Barcelona in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is a feature of the trade that women did fulfil a variety of functions in it, the reasons being that the daughters were able to have informal training, that the vast majority of them were literate, and that the corporations allowed not just widows, but also unmarried daughters to carry on the family trade, although they might neither take part in guild meetings nor hold office. Four distinct models of women printer / bookseller emerge from the study, in accordance with their socioprofessional origins, to the role they played in their husbands' business, their greater or lesser involvement, and the kind of identity gained. They played a key role in some of the firms, especially in ensuring their longevity (150 years or even more, in some cases) thanks to the savings in transaction costs they made possible.
[eng] This article examines the role of women in all three sides of the book trade (printing, bookselling, and binding) in Barcelona in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is a feature of the trade that women did fulfil a variety of functions in it, the reasons being that the daughters were able to have informal training, that the vast majority of them were literate, and that the corporations allowed not just widows, but also unmarried daughters to carry on the family trade, although they might neither take part in guild meetings nor hold office. Four distinct models of women printer / bookseller emerge from the study, in accordance with their socioprofessional origins, to the role they played in their husbands' business, their greater or lesser involvement, and the kind of identity gained. They played a key role in some of the firms, especially in ensuring their longevity (150 years or even more, in some cases) thanks to the savings in transaction costs they made possible.
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SOLÀ I PARERA, Àngels. Impressores i llibreteres a la Barcelona dels segles XVIII i XIX. Recerques. 2007. Vol. 56, num. 91-129. ISSN 0210-380X. [consulted: 18 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/166699