What is "caucasia"

Caucasia \Caucasia\ n. (Geog.) a large mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.

Syn: Caucasus.

Caucasia may refer to:

• Caucasus, geographic region of Eurasia
• Caucasia, Antioquia, a municipality in Colombia
• Caucasia (novel), a 1998 book by Danzy Senna
• Caucasia (film), a 2007 Azerbaijani film directed by Farid Gumbatov

Caucasia is a 2007 Azerbaijani film directed by Farid Gumbatov. It was Azerbaijan's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Caucasia (1998) is an American novel written by Danzy Senna. Caucasia is the coming-of-age story of Birdie and Cole, multiracial sisters who have a white mother and black father. The novel is set in Boston, Massachusetts during the turbulent mid-1970s.

Much of the novel centers around the theme of racial passing. Senna upends the traditional “ tragic mulatto” storyline by exploring Birdie's desire to be accepted as black, although she appears to be white. The author presents a non-singular concept of being “white.” There are many shades of white that Birdie’s visible mixed ethnicity seems to allow her to pass as: Puerto Rican, French, Italian, Pakistani, Greek, Cape Verdean or Jewish.

Senna also explores themes of invisibility and disappearing. Birdie is multiracial; she feels invisible to her father, who seems to prefer her older and darker sister. She disappears with her mother, whose paranoia about being followed by the FBI leads her to construct new Jewish identities for them.

Throughout the novel, Birdie seeks to understand who she is and how she fits into the world. Growing up on the run and fearful that her true identity could endanger her mother’s life, Birdie struggles to know her authentic self. She longs for her sister Cole and their father, ultimately running away from home to find them.