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Term heritage includes natural and cultural assets of internationally recognized outstanding and universal value. The UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List includes ten cultural assets in the Republic of Croatia. Of these, seven are in Dalmatia: the Cathedral of St. Jakov in Šibenik, the defense systems of the Venetian Republic of the 16th and 17th centuries in Zadar and Šibenik, Diocletian's Palace in Split, the Old Town of Trogir, Stari Grad Plain on Hvar, the Old Town of Dubrovnik and stećci- tombstones and medieval cemeteries in Cista Provo and Konavle. The most visited material cultural heritage, which is under the protection of UNESCO is also the most endangered, due to the overload of the site in the short time. But the future brings people counters that will provide an adequate number of visitors per day. Awareness of the values of cultural goods among the local population is not sufficiently developed, which can be seen through the results of a survey in which most respondents are aware of their lack of interest in preserving cultural heritage, which is a major problem in further progress in preserving material cultural heritage. There is a lack of political will as well as insufficient investments. Conservators and experts caring for cultural assets are insufficiently connected with representatives of local authorities and the tourism sector, which has the greatest impact on the devastation of cultural heritage in Dalmatia. Pojam baština obuhvaća prirodna i kulturna dobra međunarodno priznate izvanredne i univerzalne vrijednosti. Na UNESCO-ovom Popisu svjetske kulturne i prirodne baštine nalazi se i deset kulturnih dobara u Republici Hrvatskoj. Od toga ih je sedam u Dalmaciji: katedrala sv. Jakova u Šibeniku, obrambeni sustavi Republike Venecije 16. i 17. stoljeća u Zadru i Šibeniku, Dioklecijanova palača u Splitu, Stari grad Trogir, Starogradsko polje na Hvaru, Stari grad Dubrovnik te stećci, odnosno srednjovjekovna groblja nadgrobnih spomenika u Cisti Provo i Konavlima. Najposjećenija materijalna kulturna baština koja je pod zaštitom UNESCO-a najviše je ugrožena zbog preopterećenosti lokaliteta u kratkom roku. No budućnost donosi brojače ljudi koji će osigurati adekvatan broj posjetitelja po danu. Sama svijest o vrijednostima kulturnih dobara među lokalnim stanovništvom nije dovoljno razvijena, što možemo vidjeti kroz rezultate anketnog istraživanja u kojem je većina ispitanika svjesna svoje nezainteresiranosti za očuvanje kulturne baštine što je glavni problem u daljnjem napretku očuvanja materijalne kulturne baštine. Nedostaje i političke volje kao i adekvatna količina ulaganja. Nedovoljno su povezani konzervatori i stručnjaci koji brinu o kulturnim dobrima s predstavnicima lokalnih vlasti i turistički sektor koji najviše utječe na devastaciju kulturne baštine u Dalmaciji.

Kulturna baština predstavlja povijest naroda. DogaĎaji i način ţivota te običaji i drugi segmenti na koje je utjecao čovjek na odreĎenom području definiraju indentitet svake zajednice. Proučavanjem nasljeĎene baštine upoznajemo sebe i stvaramo sliku o svim materijalnim i nematerijalnim vrijednostima koje su posjedovali naši preci. Danas kulturu karakterizira puno više od samog učenja svog nasljeĎa. Pravilno upravljanje, valorizacija, revitalizacija, zaštita i drugi postupci omogućuju da se kulturna dobra sačuvaju i prepoznaju kao vrijednosti od iznimne vaţnosti. Na osnovi takvih atraktivnosti je i nastao kulturni turizam koji ima sve veţu vaţnost u Republici Hrvatskoj kao jedan od najznačajnijih selektivnih oblika turizma. Da bi se dugoročno i kvalitetno kulturna baština sačuvala osnovne su organizacije koje imaju za cilj očuvanje kulturnih dobara diljem svijeta od kojih je UNESCO svakoako najznačajnija organizacija. Baština koja je pod ingerencijom navedene organizacije spada u najvrijednija svjetska kulturna dostignuća. Republika Hrvatska koja je prostorno mala drţava ima iznimnu nasljeĎenu baštinu te sve više se ista prepoznaje kao potencijal budućeg turističkog razvoja. Uz pomoć EU fondova i jasnim smjernicama te projektima nadleţnih tijela vlasti u cilju kvalitetnog očuvanja i upravljanja istom napravljeni su veliki pomaci. Cilj ovog rada je upoznati se s hrvatskom kulturnom baštinom te ukazati na njenu vrijednost. Valorizacija, pravilno upravljanje i aktivno odrţavanje kulturnih dobara vrlo su bitni čimbenici koji sluţe kao uporište za stvaranje konkurentnih prednosti te ističu vaţnost baštine stvarane tijekom povijesti jer ona pokriva mnogo aspekata ţivota zajednice, kako prošlih tako i sadašnjih. Valoriziranje kulturne baštine moţe se postići na mnoge načine, a svi imaju za cilj povećanje atraktivnosti destinacije što je vaţno za razvoj u ekonomskom, turističkom, kulturnom, socijalnom i ekološkom smislu. Cultural heritage represents the history of nations. Events, way of life, customs and other segments influenced by man in a particular area defined the characteristics of the community. By studying inherited heritage we get to know ourselves and create a picture of all the tangible and intangible values that our ancestors visited. Today’s culture is characterized by much more than just learning its history. Proper management, valorization, revitalization, protection and other procedures enable cultural goods to be preserved and recognized as values of exceptional importance. Over time, cultural tourism has emerged as well as many other results that affect the growth and development of the entire community. In order to preserve long-term and quality cultural heritage, established organizations representing cultural good awareness, of which UNESCO is one of them. The heritage that mentioned the organization is on the list of the world’s most valuable cultural achievements. Croatia, which is a spatially small country, has a number of inherited heritage in which the potential future development is increasingly recognized. With the help of EU funds and a clear vision of the development of culture and all its forces, we will be the same as a great competitive other state. The aim of this paper was to get acquainted with the Croatian cultural heritage and point out its value. Valorisation, proper management and active maintenance of cultural assets are very important factors that serve as a bulwark for great competitive performance and emphasize the importance of heritage created throughout history as it has covered many aspect s of people’s lives, both past and present. The valorisation of cultural heritage can be achieved in many ways, and all aim to increase the attractiveness of the destination which is important for development in economic, tourist, cultural, social and environmental terms.

This article discusses the status of Toni Morrison as an American writer who consistently foregrounded African American history and experience and acted during her long career as a public intellectual. Morrison’s writerly agenda has been to delve into the epistemological origin of constructions such as race and blackness, placed in the context of their historical manifestation, such as transatlantic slavery as manifested in Morrison’s two most striking historical novels, Beloved (1987) and A Mercy (2008). Writing slavery, as a way to re-write the United States’ history and probe its dark spaces, places Morrison’s texts in a long line of nineteenth-century slave narratives, and in particular their twentieth-century avatar, the neo-slave novel, which strives to historicize slavery from the sufferer’s perspective. In the process, Morrison creates a “resistant text” (Sommer) requiring the reader’s imaginative and ethical engagement and refusing to fill in all the gaps. That the haunting of slavery still requires imaginative, historical, and ethical engagement, like the one accorded it by Morrison, is a fact of U.S. American social life to the present day.