Multiple-use name

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A multiple-use name or anonymity pseudonym is a name used by many different people to protect anonymity.[1] It is a strategy that has been adopted by many unconnected radical and cultural groups, where the construct of personal identity has been criticised.[citation needed]

One of the first modern multiple-use names was that of

École Normale Supérieure[2]
to exemplify the collective effort that goes into mathematics.

The name Alan Smithee has been in use in Hollywood since 1968 by directors who wish to disavow creative credit for a film where control has been taken away from them.

Other multiple identities in use in the artistic world include

Rrose Sélavy jointly used by Dada artist Marcel Duchamp and the surrealist poet Robert Desnos
.

In publishing, a long-running book series may be written by numerous authors but published under a uniting collective

Hardy Boys
series.

References in other realms of culture go back much further. Some examples are Buddha (which is both a proper noun and a condition that may be achieved by anyone),

Swabian peasants during their rebellion against taxes in 1514), Captain Ludd, Robin Hood and Captain Swing
.

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References

  1. ^
    ISBN 1-85242-560-1
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  2. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia (6 ed.). Columbia University Press
    . 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Popkenwork, Ben (August 10, 2010). "Does The "S. Larson" Who Always Signs Citibank Customer Letters Really Exist?". Consumerist. Consumer Media LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  4. ISSN 1811-1696
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