UFRGS defies censorship and places “O Avesso da Pele” in the list of required readings for the 2025 entrance exam

The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) has released the list of compulsory readings for the 2025 entrance exam, and “O Avesso da Pele”, by Jeferson Tenório, winner of the Jabuti Prize and target of censorship in three states, it is part of the selection.

Four new features:

• Niketche: A History of Polygamyby Paolina Chiziane
• But what world do you live in?by José Falero
• Selected songs by Lupicínio Rodrigues
• The inside of the skinby Jefferson Tenório

See the complete list of required readings for the UFRGS 2025 entrance exam:

• 1- PAULINA CHIIZIANE – Nicherche: a story of polygamy
• 2- JEFERSON TENÓRIO – The inside of the skin
• 3 – JOSÉ FALERO – But what world do you live in?
• 4 – LUPICÍNIO RODRIGUES – Collection of songs
• 1a) “Empty Chair” (with Alcides Gonçalves)
• b) “Punishment” (with Alcides Gonçalves)
• o) “Feeding the bitter” (with Piratini)
• d) “Dona Divergência” (with Felisberto Martins)
• e) “He told me this (Go away)”
• f) “These young people (Poor young people)”
• 9) “It was like that”
• h) “Madness”
• i) “Maria Rosa” (with Alcides Gonçalves)
• j) “Migalhas” (with Felisberto Martins)
• k) “Engaged”
• 1) “Nerves of Steel”
• m) “Never”
• n) “If I Arrived” (with Felisberto Martins)
• o) “Revenge”
• p) “(Xote from) Happiness”
• 5 – KAKÁ WERÁ – The land of a thousand peoples
• 6- RUTH GUIMARÃES – Deep waters
• 7 – GABRIEL GARCIA MÁRQUEZ – One hundred years of solitude
• 8 – ANGÉLICA FREITAS – A uterus is the size of a fist

  9 – ARISTOPHENE – Lysistrata

• 10 – MACHADO DE ASSIS – Various stories
• 11 – JÚLIA LOPES DE ALMEIDA – Failure
• 12- SOPHIA DE MELLO BREYNER ANDRESEN – Chorus and others

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Censorship and resistance:

“O Avesso da Pele” tells the story of Pedro, the son of a man murdered in a police attack. The work addresses racial issues such as structural racism, police violence, fetishization, and sexualization of black bodies. Despite censorship in some states, the inclusion of the work in the UFRGS entrance exam reinforces the importance of discussing social issues and promoting diversity.