A "beat" or "beatnik" was a social group of young people in the 1950´s. They were the predecessors of the hipppies of the 1960´s and wrote poetic ficiton and poetry. Sterotypically, beatniks are associated with coffee shops, bongos, and black turtlenecks. For ficitonal interpritations of these over-the-top beatniks, see Manard G. Krebs in the television series Dobie Gillis or Pia Zadora´s role in the movie Hairspray.
Aside from these stereotypes, the beats are typically thought of as a literary movement including authors like Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg.

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