El Raval in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain — Southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula)
LaSal bar-biblioteca feminista / LaSal feminist bar-library
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 28, 2022
1. LaSal bar-biblioteca / LaSal feminist bar-library Marker
LaSal bar-biblioteca feminista y edicions de les dones
El 6 de julio de 1977, abrió en este lugar LaSal un bar-biblioteca feminista que fue una revulsión en el mundo cultural barcelonés. En abril de 1978 nació LaSal, edicions de les dones, en el número 8 de la calle Riereta. En su presentación, decía: «Publicaremos libros escritos por mujeres, que sean expresión de las mujeres».
El bar y las ediciones fueron dos iniciativas feministas pioneras en la ciudad y en el estado que tenían por objetivo cubrir «la necesidad imperiosa que tenemos las mujeres de disponer de un espacio, de una información, de una posibilidad de expresión y de una - plataforma de acción » para invadir la calle y la esfera pública. LaSal fue un espacio de formación, de socialización y de asesoramiento jurídico en la Barcelona del final de la dictadura franquista, un régimen con una legislación y unas prácticas sociales y culturales que cerraba las mujeres en la intimidad de los hogares, las sometía a las autoridades masculinas del padre y de los maridos, y que perseguía cualquier conducta
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Cuatro décadas más tarde, el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona recuerda, homenajea y reivindica la lucha de estas mujeres.
LaSal bar-biblioteca feminista i edicions de les dones
El 6 de juliol de 1977, va obrir en aquest indret LaSal, un bar-biblioteca feminista que va ser un revulsiu en el món cultural barceloní. L'abril de 1978 va néixer LaSal, edicions de les dones, al número 8 del carrer Riereta. En la seva presentació, deia: « Publicarem llibres escrits per dones, que siguin expressió de les dones».
El bar i les edicions van ser dues iniciatives feministes pioneres a la ciutat i a l'estat que tenien per objectiu cobrir la necessitat imperiosa que tenim les dones de disposar d'un espai, d'una informació, d'una posSibilitat d'expressió i d'una plataforma d'acció» pé envair. el carrer i l'esfera pública. LaSal va ser un espai de formació, de socialització i d'assesorament jurídic en la Barcelona del final de la díctadura franquista, un règim amb una legislació i unes pràctiques socials i culturals que tancava les dones en la intimitat de les llars, les sotmetia a les autoritats masculines del pare i dels marits, i que perseguia qualsevol conducta que s'escapés de les directrius de l'església catòlica i la seva moral.
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 28, 2022
2. LaSal bar-biblioteca feminista / LaSal feminist bar-library Marker - wide view
LaSal feminist bar-library and women's publications
On July 6, 1977, a feminist bar-library that turned Barcelona's cultural world upside down opened in this location: LaSal. In April 1978, LaSal women's publications opened at number 8, Carrer Riereta. Its presentation read: "we publish books written by women that are the expression of women."
The bar and publisher were two pioneering feminist initiatives in both the city and country. They sought to fulfil "women's essential need for a space, information, the ability to express ourselves and a platform for action" to occupy the streets and the public sphere. LaSal was a space for training, socialization and legal advice in Barcelona at the end of the Franco dictatorship. This regime imposed legislation and social and cultural practices that closed women up in the intimacy of their homes, submitted them to the male authority of their fathers and husbands, and persecuted anything that violated the mandates and morals of the Catholic Church.
Four decades later, the Barcelona City Council remembers and pays homage to these women's struggle.
Erected 2018 by Programes de Memòria
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 28, 2022
3. LaSal bar-biblioteca feminista / LaSal feminist bar-library Marker - wider view
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce • Women. In addition, it is included in the Barcelona Programes de Memòria series list. A significant historical date for this entry is July 6, 1977.
Location. 41° 22.713′ N, 2° 10.065′ E. Marker is in Barcelona, Cataluña (Catalonia). It is in El Raval. Marker is at the intersection of Carrer de la Riereta and Carrer de l'Aurora, on the left when traveling north on Carrer de la Riereta. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Carrer de la Riereta 8, Barcelona, Cataluña 08001, Spain. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Teresa Claramunt Creus (within shouting distance of this marker); Lluís Gassó i Carbonell (within shouting distance of this marker); Gun law and the murders of Salvador Seguí and Francesc Comas (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (about 150 meters away); La Prisión de Reina Amalia / La presó de Reina Amàlia / Reina Amalia Prison (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Memorial to the Victims of the Bombing of March 1938 (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Frederic Mompou (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Josep Rodoreda i Santigós (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Barcelona.
Also see . . . LaSal (Wikipedia, in Spanish).
Excerpt (in translation): "LaSal Edicions de les dones was a Catalan publisher that originated in Barcelona's Raval district in 1978 and survived until 1990, publishing a hundred books in Catalan and Spanish.... It is considered the first feminist publishing house in Spain, thus joining the Biblioteca Popular de la Mujer , founded in 1909 by Francesca Bonnemaison and considered the first library in Europe aimed at women."(Submitted on May 20, 2022.)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 20, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 107 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 20, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
