02030nas a2200145   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001800043245007800061856015000139300001100289490000700300520155700307022002001864                                       d1 aSarah Sargent00a"Fractured Resemblances": Contested Multinational Heritage and Soft Power  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85087113892&doi=10.1017%2fS0940739120000041&partnerID=40&md5=b037d951f97f9ac0eebaefaed70b4924  a97-1230 v273 aIntangible cultural heritage elements are shared across state borders. In many instances, states join in multinational nominations to inscribe the heritage element in a way that reflects this reality. But, at times, states are unwilling or unable to cooperate in a mutual nomination that reflects the shared nature of the heritage element. The consequence of this is that heritage elements can then be nominated by individual states without any reflection of the multinational or cross-border nature of the element; thus leaving the heritage elements shorn of this aspect of their nature. The current international heritage legal regime, through the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, does not adequately acknowledge or address this problem. This article, through a case study of the successful nomination by Azerbaijan of the horseback game of chovqan, examines the causes and consequences of these fractured resemblances. It analyzes the links between cultural heritage, conflict, and the use of heritage as a form of soft power. It focuses on the use of single-state inscription as a soft-power means of obtaining international prestige and support and the resultant effects on shared cultural heritage elements. From this, suggestions for changes to international heritage laws for the inscription of cultural heritage are suggested to accommodate the reality of the connection between cultural heritage, conflict, and power and to avoid the occurrence of fractured resemblances of heritage shared across state lines.  a09407391 (ISSN)