I just started Jennifer V. Evans' 2011 Life Among the Ruins: Cityscape and Sexuality in Cold War Berlin, which looks at the interplay of reconstruction policy & policies of social control (particularly as regards sex & gender), as well as the role of the ruins as social space. Evans blends modern urbanist theory, queer & feminist perspectives, social geography, and studies of Nazism & memory to produce what is so far an engaging, lucid work. The book is somewhat 'academic' in tone (the introduction abounds with references to Foucault and spacial theory) but Evans' prose is clear and polished, which more than saves Life Among the Ruins from the unfortunate near-illegibility of some theory-heavy texts. A reader who is not well-versed in sociology, anthropology, and historical theory will still find the book quite readable.